Job wrote:

Thanks for your response Mike.
Re "Win Me's built in Compressed folders facility", I knew I
could right click on a .zip and select "Extract All" to
unzip but honestly did not know what application was being
used. Where do I find the "Compressed folders facility" in
my system?

If installed (Add/Remove Programs | Windows Setup | System Tools - Details
| check "Compressed Folders", then click OK, Apply and finally reboot)
"Compressed Folders" is part of the shell, that is the GUI.

Does it allow you to also "zip" files?

Yes. Select the files to be zipped, right click and then Send To and then
Compressed Folder. You can then rename the "compressed folder", which is a
zip file, to suit your requirements.
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Mike Maltby