hey everyone edwards here and welcome to
windows report and in this video i will
show you how to compress and extract
windows 11 files with 7zip first of all
all you need to do is download and
install 7zip on windows 11 and to do
that you need to navigate to the 7zip
download center which i will also post
as a link in the description below then
look for the latest version of this app
and click on the blue download button
and after you downloaded 7zip just find
the setup file and install it usually
the downloads show up in the lower left
corner from here on the procedure is
super simple you can also choose where
to install 7-zip by clicking on the
three horizontal dots but if you want to
continue the process with the default
location just click on install and wait
until the installation is completed and
once it's done click on close and that's
it now we can proceed to settings 7zip
in windows 11. and to do this you just
have to hit the windows button then
search for 7-zip right-click it and run
it as an administrator once your 7-zip
app is opened then click on the tools
menu then select options in the options
menu stay on the system tab and then
press on the left plus button and
afterwards on the plus button situated
on the right what this does is to make
all the archive files formats to open as
default with 7-zip so basically you
associate any file format with 7-zip now
let's learn how to compress files with
7-zip to do this all you need is the
file you want to compress and then
right-click on it and select show more
options then hover over the 7-zip option
then select for example add to
filename.zip which usually leads to a
quick form of compression but if you
want to choose a different file format
and compression settings follow the same
steps but instead of adding to file name
select the add to archive option and
once the add to archive window is opened
you'll see various settings to manage
the compression according to your needs
these settings are for example the
archive format compression levels the
methods and especially the encryption
which means you can set a password for
the archive to be protected lastly to
extract any archive file what you have
to do is just right click it then hover
on 7zip and select extract here this
will extract the archive content ready
for you in no time and that was it an
easy walkthrough to use 7-zip as usual
for more information and details you can
check the article in the description
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