7-Zip HowTo Create an Encrypted Zip File
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Procedure
- You first need to install 7-Zip and make sure that the client also has it installed.
- Right click on the folder and select
7-Zip > Add to archive
. - Ensure these settings:
- Archive Format
- 7z
- Create SFX archive
- Ticked if you want to create a self-extracting EXE file.
- Enter Password
- A Strong Password
- Reenter Password
- The same Strong Password
- Encryption Method
- AES-256
- Encrypted file name
- Ticked if file names are sensitive
- Click
OK
to zip and encrypt.
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Last modified on 07/19/16 12:51:02
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