Yes but the 'fix' that's needed is when I double click a zip file Absolutely nothing happens. It really is more a curiosity thing than a problem. As I said I use 7-zip but was wondering what was up with explorer.
I just remembered something. I had a similar problem with 7-zip right after the December patch Tuesday.
Double clicking 7zip didn't open the 7zip file manager. I could still unzip files but double click wouldn't just open the 7zip file for viewing.
Does not change from Notepad to Notepad2 even though it shows Notepad2 as default:
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In MY case the solution was to just completely uninstall, then reinstall 7zip.
Since you're having the problem with zip files... maybe SFC or DISM... Restore Health would work.
Since Winzip is a Windows file... you might even need an In-Place upgrade to fix the problem.
I could just uninstall and reinstall because 7zip is a 3rd party program.
I'm wondering if this isn't some "undiscovered" problem, with the December patch. @rdwray had the problem with Notepad2, I had it with 7zip, and you seem to have it with Winzip.
Maybe the problem is with default file associations. I also had an issue where EDGE grabbed control of PDF files, when I had the association set to SumatraPDF. In that instance, all I had to do was just set the association back to SumatraPDF. I also mentioned this in the post in the above link.
There is definitely a problem. It could be as simple as a setting or as complicated as a file being corrupted. If a solution can't be found, an in-place repair install may be needed.
When I double click on a zip file or right click and choose windows explorer nothing happens. Also no error shows in the event log about it.
Any ideas? Thanks
While everyone is suggesting alternatives to handle .zip files (my personal choice is 7-Zip) none of them integrate into Explorer like its own native support does. It should be able to explore a .zip just as if it were any other type of folder, like this....
...and now that Explorer has native support for other archive formats it can do the same for them, such as for a .7z file.
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There's a chance that installing and uninstalling BandiZip will reinstate the default Explorer behavior. But also note that the built-in support chokes on some archives (maybe just password protected ones) so it's worth having a third party archiver installed.
A Windows repair install should reinstate the built in support. I would first uninstall any third party archivers before trying that.
I'm in the process of setting up my new gaming rig and I ran into this same exact problem. I've never used Windows 11 before, but I couldn't imagine that they would've done away with such a useful feature.
I'd already saved all of my device drivers and manuals, etc. for my new build, onto a portable SSD that I have for bulk storage. I couldn't open any of the zip files I tried. Finally, I noticed that most of the files were several levels deep and some of the directories had longer filenames. I started wondering about path/filename length. I finally copied the zip files in question to my desktop and then I could open them by double-clicking and the extract all option was showing up under the context sensitive menu again. Now, once I get my network drivers installed, the first thing I need to do is go download the most recent version of 7-Zip. Being able to open from File Explorer like this is very handy, but I'm more of a 7-Zip kind of guy.
I'm not sure if the OP or anyone else was in a similar situation, but I thought I'd post it here in case it's helpful to anyone else.
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