The bottom line is that you will need to download a specialized piece of software to be able to password-protect your zip files: with WinZip, for example, you will see a dialog appear when you add files and folders to be compressed, which includes a checkbox that lets you " Add encryption" to the files. Note: anyone with specialized file compression software installed on their computer will (should) be able to open your zip archives, unless they were compressed and encrypted with a proprietary technology. On the other hand, any zip archives you create in Windows (using the " Right-click > New > Compressed (zipped) folder" method) will be "open-able" by users of Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7, as well as people using Mac OS X or Linux. There are no guarantees that the person on the receiving end of a password-protected zipped folder will have the tools necessary to open it. Part of the reason why, out-of-the-box, Windows doesn't give you the ability to password-protect compressed folders is "portability". The zip file creation process in Windows 7 and previous versions is very basic: it allows you to add modest compression to make your zipped files and folders smaller, without using some of the more advanced compression algorithms available in specialized software like WinZip. Add password-protection to a compressed folder in Windows 7 / Vista / XP
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