Windows 10: Win Zip

Everytime I right click and try to open a zipped file, I get a pop up from Win Zip asking me to buy the program. I regularly get this pop up when I start my computer asking me to buy and upgrade. I thought you could unzip files in Windows 10 without buying a separate program.

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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
  
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  Select .zip
  and select File Explorer
  

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

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-CA/windows-8/zip-unzip-files

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

 

Win 10 Zip Files "Access Denied" Error

Hi,

Thanks for posting your query on Microsoft Community.



As per your query, I suggest you to try the below steps and check if it helps.

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  Press WinKey+R > type regedit and press Enter
  
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  Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.zip\OpenWithProgids
  
  
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  From the right pane: right click on the WinRAR.ZIP > Delete
  
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  You can also check these two keys:
  
  • 
    HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.zip\OpenWithProgids (there should be only (Default) and CompressedFolder )
    
    
  • 
    HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.zip\UserChoice (this one shouldn't exist)
    
• 
  Close the Registry Editor and Restart your system.
  
  Disclaimer: Important this section, method, or task contains steps that tell you how to modify the registry. However, serious problems might occur if you modify the registry incorrectly. Therefore,
  make sure that you follow these steps carefully. For added protection, back up the registry before you modify it. Then, you can restore the registry if a problem occurs. For more information about how to back up and restore the registry, click the following
  article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
  
  322756 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/322756/)
  

Hope it helps, reply to us with the status of your issue. We will be happy to assist you.

 

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).