Step 2: Select all the files folders to be added to the Zip archive. If you do not have a Windows 10 device, we suggest using Option 2 (WinRAR) below. Contact if you on a College owned terminal and ask for it to be installed. Step 1: Make sure 7-Zip is installed on your Windows 10 device. If you are using a College provided terminal, please ask the College ICT team to install it for you ( Option 1: Password protect a ZIP file using 7-Zip WinRAR (and other useful free tools) can be downloaded and installed here under the ‘Compression’ list of tools. If you are using a College provided terminal, please ask the College ICT team to install it for you ( Option 2: Using WinRAR (All Windows and Mac Operating Systems) (Windows 10 only)ħ-Zip (and other useful free tools) can be downloaded and installed here under the ‘Compression’ list of tools.
There are two ways to create an encrypted Zip or RaR archive folder:ġ. Instructions on how to send (or receive) file(s)/folder(s) to a third party using OxFile can be found here. Some email client can be set to prevent the reception of Zip or RaR file.Email is limited to 100MB attachment size – OxFile’s limit is 25,000MB.
It is best to send these file types to recipients using the OxFile file transfer service, as opposed to via email for the following reasons: Your resulting Zip or RaR archive folder can then be easily sent to a third party. Zip and RaR are just two technologies that are freely available to do this – other technologies are available that do the same job.
If you have a collection of files and folders to send to someone, a Zip or RaR archive folder will allow you to combine them all into a single file and protect (encrypt) all the contents with a single password.
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