Creating a New Archive

To create a new archive, click New Archive from the WinZip® File pull-down menu. This activates the New Archive dialog box. Type the name of the archive you want to create. Do not enter the names of the files you want to compress. This dialog box works almost like the standard Windows Open dialog box. You can use the Save in combo box to choose the drive and folder where the archive will be created. For example, to create an archive on your floppy drive, select "3½ Floppy" in the Save in combo box. The names of any existing archives on the selected drive and folder will be listed to help you choose a name that is not already in use.

Check the Add dialog check box in the New Archive dialog box if you would like to automatically activate the Add dialog box after the new archive is opened.

To list self-extracting archives in the New and Open dialog boxes, choose the "Archives and .exe files" entry in the Files of type combo box. Note: When self-extracting archives are listed in the open dialog box, all EXE files in the selected folder will be listed, even if they are not self-extracting archives. WinZip is not able to check whether a file is a self-extracting archive until it is opened.

See File Type Filters for details on the File Type filters in the Files of type combo box.