How To Compress A File With 7zip
The file will be compressed into a zip file located in the same place as the original file. Congratulations, now you know how to compress a file into a.zip format using 7-Zip! InMotion Hosting is a leading provider of web hosting for both busineses and individuals. How to Compress a File. Open the 7-Zip File Manager. Click on the file you want to compress then click Add. The Add to Archive window will pop up, make sure the Archive format is set to zip, and click OK to proceed. The file will be compressed into a zip file located in the same place as the original file.
Thanks for your free software. I've used it, it's easy to use and I appreciate it.To make your software even easier to use, would you consider making one slight change?In this area (File7-Zip), would you delete the phrase 'Add to archive' and replace it with the phrase 'Compress and save'As a user, this would help.
I'm a graphic designer and web designer and I could not figure out how to compress and save just by looking at the drop-down menu. I had to find this forum, first, to figure out that 'Add to archive' meant compress and save the file.Thanks. For what it's worth, I'm accustomed to the ease 7-zip gives me in using keystrokes only (no mouse needed) to archive any file(s). It has become so automatic for me (generally using Windows 2000 and Windows XP) that my fingers 'know' what to do without my brain needing to really 'think' about it when I create archives with 7-zip (if that makes sense).
So I'm used to pressing the appropriate (Shift and) keyboard arrow key(s) to select my file(s), followed by Shift+F10, 7, a to create the archive. This is super-fast for me. I hope the 'Add to archive' listing that has been there does not change, or if it does, that it still starts with the word 'Add' so my fingers don't suddenly become 'confused.' I can change the phrase myself?
Even though you have detailed steps to help me change the phrase, since I'm not a programmer, I don't understand how to follow these steps. No worries, I am not asking for more information on how to change the program.I don't want to know how to change the program because I'm afraid I'd ruin it. I would only change the program if there was a WYSIWYG option to do this. This forum is cool - I keep learning new things all the time here!As a quick follow-up to mikewestcoast, the steps given by ikxcsshcm7 above basically let you create your own 'translation' text file by copying the existing English 'translation' file the 7-zip program is using, making text changes to that copy from what is there by default to (-) what you'd rather have it say, then saving it and choosing it as a different 'translation' from within the 7-zip program.
You're not actually changing the program itself; instead, you're telling the program to use the language file containing your altered text so that your chosen phrasing appears. There is a 7-zip subfolder called 'Lang' on your computer containing the files with phrases from various other languages (e.g., 'es.txt' or 'fr.txt' for Spanish or French, respectively) that 7-zip can use according to your preference.I did a Google search on '7-zip tutorials' and found many that are already listed in the 'Links' page ( provided. Here are URLs to three video tutorials and one PDF file that can be helpful (even though some were made based on earlier versions of 7-zip):I also do see the valid point you have made, mikewestcoast and brownrice. Maybe a quick 'introduction page for beginners' link on 7-zip's main page leading to an explaination of the basics of 7-zip (with examples) would be useful. This forum is cool - I keep learning new things all the time here!As a quick follow-up to mikewestcoast, the steps given by ikxcsshcm7 above basically let you create your own 'translation' text file by copying the existing English 'translation' file the 7-zip program is using, making text changes to that copy from what is there by default to (-) what you'd rather have it say, then saving it and choosing it as a different 'translation' from within the 7-zip program. You're not actually changing the program itself; instead, you're telling the program to use the language file containing your altered text so that your chosen phrasing appears. There is a 7-zip subfolder called 'Lang' on your computer containing the files with phrases from various other languages (e.g., 'es.txt' or 'fr.txt' for Spanish or French, respectively) that 7-zip can use according to your preference.I did a Google search on '7-zip tutorials' and found many that are already listed in the 'Links' page ( provided.
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Here are URLs to three video tutorials and one PDF file that can be helpful (even though some were made based on earlier versions of 7-zip):I also do see the valid point you have made, mikewestcoast and brownrice. Maybe a quick 'introduction page for beginners' link on 7-zip's main page leading to an explaination of the basics of 7-zip (with examples) would be useful.
I'm using the very latest release of 7-zip to compress some files from the command lineon my Windows XP machine.All the small archives work fine. But the bigger ones. Always give 'invalid or corrupted' messages.I have to compress from the commmand-line (7-zip). And I have to produce zip files that can be uncompressed with the standard unzip that's built into Windows XP. (NOT forcing all my users/customers to get 7-zip.
Or anything else. Just to compress these files.)All the invalid/corrupted zip files seem to have this in common:They are big (7gb). (The files inside are about 600mb each)They are compressed with a basic 'a' option using 7-zipThey are trying to be uncompressed with Windows XP's standard unzipperThey all test 100% ok with 7-zip's '-test' or '-list' optionsAny ideas? Maybe 7-zip is using some 'big file' or 'high compression' algorithm, that I need to avoid?(But the '-m' option is a nightmare to figure out.)I don't need to 'fix/repair' these 'corrupted' (but actually fine) zip files.I just need a way to get FUTURE files compressed with 7-zip. That can be later safely uncompressed with a basic Windows XP machine. 7-ZIP has an option to make SFX archives, this allows you to compress with 7-ZIP and makes the archive an executable(exe) file. The Windows user just needs to double click the exe and select a location to extract the contents.Also about your problem with corrupted archives, the only workaround that would come to mind is to split all the archives then have a sort of 'bootstrap' to execute extraction of the first part which in turn will extract the other parts, I would only consider this if it was worth the effort to do this.