After 7-zip is installed, you will now see a 7-Zip menu item when right clicking on any file or folder for quick access to zip folder options.

To start this process, right click on any files/folders you want to encrypt. Once the install is complete, you are now ready to create and encrypt a zip folder. If using the Google search route, only select the result pointing to as trying to download this application from other sites may either ask for you to install unnecessary software that may or may not be unsafe. To download 7-Zip, you can either simply perform a Google search for 7-Zip or directly access the website’s download link here. While Windows does not provide a built-in option for the above process, you can use a free application called 7-Zip that allows you to apply password protection to a zip folder. This process includes zipping up the contents and creating a zip folder. If you need to password protect other Office files along with different types of files and folders at once, there is a much easier and quicker method. Going through the described process in the article requires opening one document at a time in order to apply password protection and only applies to Microsoft Office files. In the previous article here, I covered how to apply password protection to Microsoft Office files when they are opened.

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