Create a New ZIP Archive

A Zip Archive is a single special file in which one or more files are stored in a compressed format.

To create a new ZIP archive perform the following steps:

1.  Start CAM UnZip (See Getting Started).

2.  Click the New Zip Archive button on the main screen.

3.  Go to the folder where you want your target file(s) to be held in zipped format. This may be the folder where your target files already exist or any other folder. There, only folder names and file names of any existing zip archives will be displayed. No other files will be displayed.

4.  Type in the name of the new archive file you wish your compressed target files to be held in.

5.  Click the Save button.

6. Specify the files you want to add to the ZIP archive under Files To Add.

Click the button to add individual files to the Files to Add list.

Click the button to add all files in a folders to the Files to Add list.

Click the button to clear the Files to Add list.

NOTE: You can drag and drop files from Explorer into the Files to Add list.

NOTE: You can manually edit the Files to Add list to specify additional files and wildcards (one per line).

7. Select the appropriate options:

Save Folder Names - Select this option to save, in the ZIP archive, the names of the folders the files are in so they can be extracted to the same location.  If you do not select this option and do include files that are in different folders you will not be able to re-create the folder structure when extracting the ZIP archive. If the files contain a common path, a relative path will be stored.  To store the full path of each file select the Force Full Paths option.

Include Sub-Folders - Select this option to add all files in all subfolders of the folders you are adding.

Encrypt Files with Password - Select this option to encrypt all files with a password.  The same password will be required to extract files from the archive.

NOTE:  You can click the Remember Settings button to remember you current options settings as the default or the Restore Defaults button to restore the default option settings.

8. Click the Add button.