asked on 12/10/2014

Win8.1 - zipping files

What is the best way for me to create a ZIP file in Win8.1?
I used to use PKZIP/PKZIPC but now that I have 8.1, it's time to use something more current.

My main use is to zip up a directory (or directory tree) for archival and backup purposes.

Thanks,
Steve

Windows 8

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Stephen Kairys

6/16/2016

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Eirman

12/10/2014

My favourite zip/unzipping program is winrar
http://www.rarlab.com/

It works equally well with ZIP and RAR files.
If you ever want to encrypt your archives, RAR is much much better that zip.
It also a nice adjustable context sensitive menu.

If you ever download a corrupt zip file, winrar can do a partial extraction.

If you have a bunch of zip files to extract, you extract then all to separate folders
or
to one folder, overwriting existing files (which is sometimes what you need).

Stephen Kairys

12/10/2014

ASKER

OK, I think I am going to go with WinZip but will keep WinRar in mind if I need it.

Thanks to you both. Will update you all when I've gotten up and running with WinZip.

Steve

Joe Winograd

12/10/2014

Hi Steve,

I see that you're leaning towards WinZip, and it's a perfectly fine product, but I wanted to put in a +1 vote on John's comment about 7-Zip:
http://www.7-zip.org/

Here's the SourceForge link:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/sevenzip/

I've been using it for several years and really like it. Regards, Joe

McKnife

12/11/2014

For zipping and unzipping you can use the context menu (right click), it is built-into windows.
For unzipping .7z or .rar, you would need extry tools like the free and well-reputated 7zip. 7zip integrates into the context menu, too.

Stephen Kairys

12/12/2014

ASKER

Thanks, McKnife. At this point, I have installed WinZip but will keep your comments in mind if needed.
Steve

Stephen Kairys

1/16/2015

ASKER

John,
Sorry for the delayed response. I have been using WinZip and it's working for me, although I'm just using the very basic functionality. Do you know if there is a way, say, to specify (zip only *.docx files modified today?)

Thanks!
Steve

John

1/16/2015

The easiest way is to make a folder c:\temp and COPY the files to be zipped from various sources into c:\temp and zip from there.

I also right click various selections (ctrl right click) and then ZIP from the context menu.

Stephen Kairys

1/16/2015

ASKER

Hmm...so how would I automatically choose the files I want copied that were modified today? I have over 100 files in the folder and would rather not scroll through them.

Thanks.

John

1/16/2015

Sort by date and that makes the selection vastly faster.

Stephen Kairys

1/16/2015

ASKER

OK, will try that tonight when I create the zip file. Thanks again, John.

Stephen Kairys

1/16/2015

ASKER

Actually what would really help is if the WINZIP list of files could be sorted by date. Can that be done?

John

1/16/2015

Yes. in WinZip 19, the list of files can be sorted by date or whatever. WinZip, View Tab, Sort by.

Stephen Kairys

1/21/2015

ASKER

Hi, John.
Sorry for the delayed reply.

I was not able to get WinZip to sort the listing of the files currently in a folder by date. However, per your earlier remark,
I did the following.

1. Sorted the files by date in Windows Explorer (File Explorer).
2. (Still in Explorer) Copied the file(s) with today's date to a subfolder.
3. In WINZIP, zipped the files IN THE SUBFOLDER, using SAVE-AS to create the ZIP file in the main folder.

Thanks,
Steve

Stephen Kairys

6/16/2016

ASKER

Fine with me. Apologies for forgetting this one...
Thanks.