Windows 10: Zip files can't be uncompressed

So WinRar was notifying me that I had to pay for their software or delete it from my computer. I deleted it as I already had another application on my computer that did the same thing (7-Zip). There is now no option to "Extract" or "Extract All" anywhere when I right-click. I tried going to the settings where it allows you to select the appropriate default application for whatever specific file type. To my surprise, there was a huge list of file types but no ".zip" extension.

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Zip File

'Zip' is colloquial in computer-speak for 'compressed,' so a zipped file is a compressed file.

An archive is a folder that contains compressed files.

Like Bruce says, there's nothing officially called a 'zip archive' but sometimes people use that term to mean an archive compressed with the zip method, because there are many ways to compress files.

Likewise, to un-zip is to uncompress.

 

.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).

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.

 

ZIP FILE Not working

Is this what you are doing?

Zip and unzip files