Windows 10: USB Unrecognised in Windows after un-zipping a file.

As the title says, I unzipped a file and the USB is no longer recognised. For the full story: I unzipped the file and WinRar basically crashed, I tried to close it with Task Manager with no luck, I tried to sign out of the computer so it would close all apps and waited two minutes also with no luck, I restarted and it took a concerning amount of time to boot into Windows. Normally it takes roughly 5 seconds for the motherboard splash screen to go to windows' one and it took about 30 this time. I can no longer view the contents of the drive and it doesn't appear in File Explorer, it does howeve

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.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

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

 

Access denied to zip file

Hi Stephanie,

The issue that you're experiencing may be due to a corrupted user profile. We have found a workaround regarding the "Access denied" error. Kindly follow the steps below.

• Press Windows key + E to open File Explorer.
• Copy the files that you want to zip.
• Paste it in the Downloads folder.
• From there, zip your file. You may follow the steps provided in this
  article.

Feel free to contact us if you need assistance with Windows.

 

7 Zip or WinRAR?

The only thing that I don't like about 7-Zip is its Windows 95-vintage graphics. Fortunately, there's a solution for that: 7-Zip Theme Manager.

• Toolbar themes - change the look of the toolbar in 7-Zip.
• Filetype themes - change the Windows icons for archive files.
• 90 toolbar themes and 22 filetype themes to choose from.
• Changing the SFX-icon (self-extracting archive) is now possible.

Be sure to grab the 2.1.1. Hotfix to mod any version of 7-Zip from 9.23 to the present release (15.12 as of the time of this post).