How to zip each file in a directory


How To Zip Each File In A Directory 150Pxp2 Sometimes you may want to ZIP a lot of files but create separate archives for each file in a directory. In that case, read on

1. Download WinRAR

2. After downloading and installing Winrar (winrar.com) you will see new options on your right click context menu

3. Select all files you want to create archives for

4. Right-click (while all files are selected) on a selected file and click Add to archive

5. Go to the tab Files and check the option Put each file to separate archive

How To Zip Each File In A Directory

6. Go back to the tab General and select ZIP as your archive format and finally click ok

As you can see this is quite easy to do. You could also write a batch script for this using WinZIP but it’s a lot easier this way

Other zipping tools may also have this feature, but I haven’t tested them

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