I'm not sure about writing directly (vs save as), since I only use it for reading, but you can directly open the contents of zip files from Windows explorer or

I'm not sure about writing directly (vs save as), since I only use it for reading, but you can directly open the contents of zip files from Windows explorer or file open/save dialogs. Just provide a full path. For example, c:\archive.zip in the address bar, or c:\archive.zip\file.txt in the filename field. Having said that, I rarely use it, since I prefer higher compression than zip gives me, and files in uncompressed containers on my drives are usually like that to keep windows defender out.