How to add the compressed (zipped) folder option in the Send To menu in Windows 10: - Large files can be compressed for easy access and transfer. A zipped folder takes up much less disk space and makes it easier to transfer files. So we can compress our files and create zippered folders if we want it to be easily portable. We can easily create a zipped folder using the built-in Windows tool. For this, we just need to right-click on the file or folder to be compressed and select the Compressed (zipped) folder option from the Send to menu. Typically, this option is present on all systems. But have you ever had the problem of not finding the Compressed (zipped) folder option in the Send to menu?
If you have this problem, we can easily reset this option by following the steps below. Sometimes you may need to download the compressed folder.zip file manually.
- Open the Run command box by pressing Windows + R keys. Then type% systemdrive% Users Default AppData Roaming Microsoft Windows SendTo in the command box and click OK.
2.Now copy the Compressed (zipped) folder from this folder.
If you cannot find the file in this folder, you may need to manually download the compressed .zip file from the folder.
3. After getting the Compressed (zip) folder, open the Run command box by pressing Windows + R keys and type the shell: sendto command in the command box and click OK.
4.Paste the previously copied or downloaded compressed (zip) folder into this folder.
Now your problem is solved. You can right click on any file and select the Send To menu and you will find the Compressed (zip) folder option. This way you can easily create compressed (zip) folders.
Creating compressed compressed folders causes files to consume much less disk space, so we can upload files or send them to other systems more easily.
