HI Sandra, When you've got focus on one or more files or folders say in Windows Explorer, press your applications key (same as right clicking) and find = the 'Send to sub menu. Choose 'Compressed Zip folder, and depending on the = speed of your machine, you should very soon have an archived version of the = file in the same location as the original. Note that in Stage one once activated the items context menu, you can = press the letter T to jump straight to 'Send To. This is how I've done it anyway. Cheers, Mark Mark Matthews E-mail: mark.matthews53@xxxxxxxxxxxx MSN/Windows Messenger: markmatthews3@xxxxxxxxxxx Home Page: http://www.qsl.net/gw0wgk -----Original Message----- From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf = Of Sandra Henshall Sent: 09 September 2004 12:46 To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [access-uk] Re: Advantages to using a third party zipping = utility? Mark, like Ray, I didn't know XP had its own compression utility. Where = would I look for it, please? I do use Winzip 8.1 but I'm just curious. Cheers, Sandra.=20 ** To leave the list, send a message to:- ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, send a message, to=20 ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq ** To leave the list, send a message to:- ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq