Windows 10: Unable to ZIP files after Windows 10 Update

Hello,Previously I could not create ZIP files, I received an error message Access Denied when I tried.Looking for solutions online I tried everything which did not work, until I changed the owner of my C Drive from Trusted Installer to Administrator, which is my login. This fixed the problem.Now Windows has just updated and I cannot ZIP files again, receiving the Access Denied error message. Owner of C Drive is still Administrator.Reading the online comments, this is apparently a common problem after Windows updates. Why?????

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Unable to access Zip folder created by "Steps Recorder" in Windows 10

Thank you for the reply. I already have "hidden files" checked. - - - Updated - - - To clarify : 1) Attempting to open file by clicking on it in the "Recent files" list I get the following:

2) Unable to find file where it is supposed to be located based on the "File location" path:

3) What I get when attempting to look at "Security" tab:

 

.zip can't be set to File Explorer

Hello Kathleen,

I understand your concern, and we in Community will try to help you in the best possible way we can.

I suggest you to follow the below steps and check if it helps.

• 
  Type Default programs
  in the search bar and press enter
  
• 
  Click on choose default programs by file type
  
• 
  Select .zip
  and select File Explorer
  

Also you can visit the below link Zip and unzip files.
(Steps applies to Windows 10).

Zip and unzip files - Microsoft Support

Hope this helps. Post us with status we will be glad to help you.

 

Unable to access Zip folder created by "Steps Recorder" in Windows 10

I had concluded as well, the file must not have existed (based on screen-shots below) - so I tried doing a restart of the "File Explorer" - with the goal to get the phantom file to disappear from the "Recent files" list - but it still remained so I used the right-click context menu option "Remove from Quick access" for the phantom file that did the trick. *Wink (I was reluctant to use the "Remove from Quick access" until I assured myself that the file must apparently not exist (regardless of it being listed in the "Recent files" list - which is a bit confusing why this was the case. *Confused ) What led me to conclude the file must not exist was the following:

Doing the above and ignoring the dialog produced the results below

- so since I never moved the file one would have to conclude the file listed in "Recent files" must be a phantom file. I would have assumed that a restart of "File Explorer" would have cleared the file but obviously not. Many thanks for all the help provided - I'll flag topic as resolved. *Party - - - Updated - - - P.S. Btw, I had tried (while still assuming the file may had existed) enabling this setting (wondered if this might help) - but didn't make any difference....