Compress a folder including all files in the folder and subfolders.

You can either perform this operation in Windows Explorer or using PicoZip directly.

	In Windows Explorer

1. To compress a folder, including all files and subfolders from within Windows Explorer, just browse to the folder you would like to compress, then use your mouse to select all the files and/or folders. Now, right click your selected files/folders to display the context menu as shown below.

2. You can add to an archive with your choice of name by selecting "Add To Archive ..." from the context menu, or if you are satisfied with the suggested name (Sample.zip in the above screenshot), then select "Add To "SuggestedName.zip".

3. In our example, we selected "Add To Sample.zip", so PicoZip compresses all the files and/or folders you selected. When completed, you will see the new archive file as shown in the screenshot above.

4. If you now double-click on the newly created archive file, PicoZip will open the file and you will see that the file in the "Docs" subfolder was also stored (highlighted in above screenshot). To restore this archive file, with all the subfolders intact, click here to learn how.

	Using PicoZip

1. To compress a folder, including all files and subfolders using PicoZip, first you need to run PicoZip. In PicoZip's main window, click on the "New" button as shown below:

2. You will be shown the "New Archive" dialog box. Enter a file name which you would like to call your archive file in the "File name" text box. In our example below, we named our archive file "TestFile". You can also choose which archive format to use. The default format is "Zip", and we highly recommend that you use this format because most computer users use this format and has a Zip compatible archive utility. Now, click the "Create" button to proceed.

3. The "Add" dialog box is displayed (see below). Browse to the folder which you would like to compress all its files and subfolders. After that, enter "*.*" (without the quotes) in the "File name" field, check the "Include subfolders" option, then click "Add With Wildcards" as shown below.

4. You should now be back in the main window, and the archive file that you had just created is automatically displayed (see below). To restore this archive file, with all the subfolders intact, click here to learn how.

Related topics
Create Zip file, UnZip file, Open Zip file

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