Windows 10: Zip issue: can't select destination and it ignores my selection of 7zip as default

Windows 10 worked, 11 does not. Every time I select all and compress to zip, there's no option to choose 7zip and windows picks the folder to save the zip in and zip file name. This is useless to me, and isn't how things are supposed to work.

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Unable to register 7zip to open zip files

Windows 10 Pro 1803 will not register the 7zip app to open .zip files.
When it displays the app selection, 7zip is not even listed. It directs me to select the program from C:\Program Files which works but does not retain the selection permanently.

sfc /scannow and chkdsk c:/f/v both report everything is OK.

It is not listed in the context menu, where it existed in the past.
It won't register it through the file properties type selection.
Not in "Open with".
I searched the registry, and the extension .zip exists but it does not have an "open with" value.
How can I correct this?

 

7zip force ignore NTFS junctions

I would suggest to go in two steps :

1. Generate a list of all the junctions in the folder
   
2. Create a 7Zip archive from the folder while excluding the files in the list.
   

For the first step, you may use the following command in a Command Prompt :

Where :

• /A displays all files with a specific attribute, and L specifies reparse points (symlinks and directory junctions)
  
• /S makes the command recursive
  
• /B specifies the bare format of only file names.
  

When zipping the folder use the
-x (Exclude filenames) switch :

 

Unable to register 7zip to open zip files

Did this just suddenly happen? You may want to uninstall it and re-install the x64 version. Working fine here.

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