Compressing a file before E-mailing it

[Guest]

This is not strictly an Outlook question, it is more of a Windows XP
question. My colleague opened Windows Explorer, right clicked over a file to
choose the option to compress it before sending it as an Email attachment.

She's not sure what happened, however a message appeared on screen, which
unfortunately she has forgotten. The outcome is that she can no longer get
the option to create a compressed folder.

I've looked through help and can't find anything that tells me what happened
to the option. Does anyone have any ideas. We'd both be really grateful for
any help.

Many thanks
Aehan

 

[Roady [MVP]]

This indeed not an Outlook/Windows feature. It is added by a third party
compression tool like WinZIP or WinRAR (I prefer to use WinRAR)

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com

Tips of the month:
-FREE tool; QuickMail. Create new Outlook items anywhere from within Windows
-Properly back-up and restore your Outlook data

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This is not strictly an Outlook question, it is more of a Windows XP
question. My colleague opened Windows Explorer, right clicked over a file
to
choose the option to compress it before sending it as an Email attachment.

She's not sure what happened, however a message appeared on screen, which
unfortunately she has forgotten. The outcome is that she can no longer get
the option to create a compressed folder.

I've looked through help and can't find anything that tells me what happened
to the option. Does anyone have any ideas. We'd both be really grateful
for
any help.

Many thanks
Aehan

 

[Guest]

She doesn't have a third party compression tool, she was using the Windows XP
one. "Send to - Compressed Folder" - are you saying that the only way she can
get the Windows XP compression tool back is by adding a third party one?

Thanks

 

[Roady [MVP]]

No, you wasn't clear on what you actually were trying to do. A third party
tool has the option to "Compress and e-mail..." which made it confusing ;-)

You can create a new text-file and change the .txt to .zfsendtotarget. Place
this file into her profile folder;
C:\Documents and Settings\%username%\SendTo

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com

Tips of the month:
-FREE tool; QuickMail. Create new Outlook items anywhere from within Windows
-Properly back-up and restore your Outlook data

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She doesn't have a third party compression tool, she was using the Windows
XP
one. "Send to - Compressed Folder" - are you saying that the only way she
can
get the Windows XP compression tool back is by adding a third party one?

Thanks

 

[Guest]

Thank you very much for your help, we'll have a go. )

No, you wasn't clear on what you actually were trying to do. A third party
tool has the option to "Compress and e-mail..." which made it confusing ;-)

You can create a new text-file and change the .txt to .zfsendtotarget. Place
this file into her profile folder;
C:\Documents and Settings\%username%\SendTo

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com

Tips of the month:
-FREE tool; QuickMail. Create new Outlook items anywhere from within Windows
-Properly back-up and restore your Outlook data

-----
She doesn't have a third party compression tool, she was using the Windows
XP
one. "Send to - Compressed Folder" - are you saying that the only way she
can
get the Windows XP compression tool back is by adding a third party one?

Thanks

This indeed not an Outlook/Windows feature. It is added by a third party
compression tool like WinZIP or WinRAR (I prefer to use WinRAR)

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com

Tips of the month:
-FREE tool; QuickMail. Create new Outlook items anywhere from within
Windows
-Properly back-up and restore your Outlook data

-----
This is not strictly an Outlook question, it is more of a Windows XP
question. My colleague opened Windows Explorer, right clicked over a file
to
choose the option to compress it before sending it as an Email attachment.

She's not sure what happened, however a message appeared on screen, which
unfortunately she has forgotten. The outcome is that she can no longer
get
the option to create a compressed folder.

I've looked through help and can't find anything that tells me what
happened
to the option. Does anyone have any ideas. We'd both be really grateful
for
any help.

Many thanks
Aehan