How to Open a Zip File Easily

Open a zip file quickly and easily by using this step by step guide. This article will show you quickly and easily how to open zip files.

Difficulty:

Easy

Instructions

1. First, understand what a zip file is.

   A zip file can be one or more files that have been compressed to save space. People also can zip files together so that they are sending one zip file to a friend instead of five single files.

2. To open a zip file on windows, you can typically double click the file or "extract" the file through a wizard installed to a folder of your choice on your computer.

   Extracting means to decompress (or unzip) the file.

3. If this does not work, download and install zip file decompression software.

   Two popular decompression software programs are WinZip (see Resources) and WinRar. These zip file programs are free and can also be used for other compressed file formats like rar files.

Resources

• WinZip
• WinRar