After the Alpha ZIP installation finishes, the application is launched automatically and you can start using it right away. You can use the Create button to create a new archive file, or the Open button to open an existing archive file.

If you need to launch the application again in the future, you can do this by clicking on "Start" (lower left corner of your screen), choosing Alpha ZIP from the menu that pops up, and then choosing Alpha ZIP from the submenu.

If you want detailed information about the functionality of Alpha ZIP, you can use the Help button.

Once you have Alpha ZIP installed on your system, the Alpha ZIP functions are also available directly inside Windows Explorer. Just right-click on any file.

To use Compress function:

- select the files and folders you need to compress, right-click on selection and from the context menu choose Alpha ZIP -> Compress

To Compress and email in one single step:

- select the files and folders you need to compress and email, right-click on selection and from the context menu choose Alpha ZIP -> Compress and Email

To Extract archives content:

- right-click on the archive you want to extract and from the context menu choose Alpha ZIP->Extract

To Test integrity of an archive content (before extracting it):

- right-click on the archive you want to test and from the context menu choose Alpha ZIP->Test Archive

To create a Self Extracting archive:

- right-click on the archive you want and from the context menu choose Alpha ZIP->Make self extract

Alpha ZIP makes working with archives very easy: we bring all advanced and basic features as close as one right-click!