https://wiki.powerarchiver.com/ 2026-04-11T12:19:20+00:00 https://wiki.powerarchiver.com/ https://wiki.powerarchiver.com/lib/tpl/vector/images/favicon.ico text/html 2016-04-19T07:06:23+00:00 https://wiki.powerarchiver.com/sk:help:help:tutorial:adding_files_to_an_archive?rev=1461049583&do=diff After creating TUTOR2.ZIP and the “Add” dialog box is displayed, select the files or directories you want to archive and press the “Add” button. Now compression progress window will be shown. After the compression is finished, you will be able to work with PowerArchiver again. text/html 2016-04-19T07:06:23+00:00 https://wiki.powerarchiver.com/sk:help:help:tutorial:creating_a_new_archive?rev=1461049583&do=diff Since you will more than likely want to create your own archives, we'll now perform the steps to Create a New Archive. From the toolbar, select the “New” option. You will now see the standard Windows save dialog box. Navigate to the My Documents folder. In the “File name:” input box, type 'TUTOR2' and press the enter key (or click on “Save” button). text/html 2016-04-19T07:06:23+00:00 https://wiki.powerarchiver.com/sk:help:help:tutorial:extracting_files_from_an_archive?rev=1461049583&do=diff You will undoubtedly need to extract a file from an archive. Extracting a file from an archive creates an uncompressed copy of the file in the folder of your choice on your hard disk. Extracting the file from an archive does not remove the file from the archive. text/html 2016-04-19T07:06:23+00:00 https://wiki.powerarchiver.com/sk:help:help:tutorial:main_powerarchiver_window?rev=1461049583&do=diff If you haven't already done so, load the PowerArchiver program by clicking on the “PowerArchiver” icon located in the “PowerArchiver” program folder (Start Menu> Programs> PowerArchiver). You should now see the main PowerArchiver window. The main PowerArchiver window shows three basic items: text/html 2016-04-19T07:06:23+00:00 https://wiki.powerarchiver.com/sk:help:help:tutorial:opening_an_archive?rev=1461049583&do=diff To manipulate an existing archive file on your hard disk, you must first open the archive. From the PowerArchiver “File” Menu, select the “Open Archive” option. You can also do this by clicking on the “Open” button in the toolbar. You will see a standard Windows dialog box. text/html 2016-04-19T07:06:23+00:00 https://wiki.powerarchiver.com/sk:help:help:tutorial:removing_files_from_an_archive?rev=1461049583&do=diff Let us now assume that we no longer want certain files to be included in the TUTOR2.ZIP archive. To remove file or several files from the archive, click each file while holding down the CTRL key. Now click on “Delete” button on the toolbar. The Delete dialog box will be displayed and “Selected files” will be checked. To delete the files you have selected, press Enter or click the “OK” button. text/html 2016-04-19T07:06:23+00:00 https://wiki.powerarchiver.com/sk:help:help:tutorial:tutorial?rev=1461049583&do=diff text/html 2016-04-19T07:06:23+00:00 https://wiki.powerarchiver.com/sk:help:help:tutorial:viewing_files_in_an_archive?rev=1461049583&do=diff PowerArchiver has the ability to view/open/edit the contents of a file that is compressed inside an archive. First, we need to open the TUTOR1.ZIP Archive. From the PowerArchiver toolbar, select the “Open” option to open the TUTOR1.ZIP file. Now, double click on a file you want to view/open and PowerArchiver will automatically start the program associated with that file, such as Notepad for text files.