Zipping Files Individually -- Pain in the ***!
Picture this, you have 9,999 .doc files. You decide to zip/rar it to save space. But you thought, "I want them individually archived so that I wouldn't have to open a huge zip/rar file just to find a file." But doing that could each up your time, doesn't it? Want a solution, read on!
You might not be aware of it, but one of the most famous archiving utility (WinRAR) already has this feature. You can fetcha demo at their site - http://www.rarlab.com - :D
So here's how you do it.
- Compile all the files that you want to compress individually into a single directory.
- Select/highlight all the files.
- Right-click, click Add to archive... (you should enable context menu for WinRAR)
- Choose between RAR or ZIP (I prefer RAR, better compression level in most instances)
- Choose a compression level. (I usually go for the slowest/best)
- Go to the"Files" tab.
- Look at the "Archive" group, check the "Put each file to separate archive" checkbox. (Check my screenshot below if you can't find it)
- Click Ok.
- Watch and see the magic happen.
Hope this tip helps! Until next time!