Windows 11 zipped folders / files immediately crashes File Explorer

Anonymous
2022-01-24T04:24:45+00:00

My Dell laptop was previously Windows 10, now 11. When I right click any zipped folder, it immediately crashes Windows Explorer, but then everything comes back. I can't unzip any zipped file at all - doesn't seem to matter what size it is.

I was trying to use the built-in unzipper utility in Windows, and when that didn't work I tried a couple 3rd party apps, including WinZip. Nothing works; they all crash, and they crash on ANY zipped file I have.

And by the way if I try to ZIP any set of files - even just 3 little word files, it does the same thing. The screen flashes, all my icons go away for a second. Then things come back, but nothing will zip or unzip.

thanks if you have any ideas!

Christine

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Performance and system failures

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  1. Anonymous
    2023-01-09T19:17:45+00:00

    my pc not installed NET 3.5 AND dirver on windows 11

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-01-03T23:55:56+00:00

    i dont put my data on other ppls pc's, all my data is on my own pc and i dont use any cloud software.
    that eliminates your theory.

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  3. Anonymous
    2022-12-19T12:38:06+00:00

    Later I downloaded and installed Nanazip which was suggested somewhere and that seems to be working.

    I had uninstalled 7-zip File Manager too because I thought that was causing problems too, but then many months later reinstalled an updated 7-zip File Manager and that seems to be working too.

    I still many months later have not tried to reinstall PowerDesk although I do need it for synchronization of files. Would like to know of any success with PowerDesk and Windows 11!!!

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  4. Anonymous
    2022-12-19T12:18:06+00:00

    Hi, I'm have the same issue on windows 10 freezes the folder for around a minute everytime I end up clicking it, then slowly everthing else on my PC starts going glithy. I have updated all drivers and the bios to the latest version, as well as tried SFC, DISM and repair mode restart. But they all say there are no problems. And the problem continues to happen.

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  5. Anonymous
    2022-12-06T10:08:37+00:00

    mine doesnt crash file explorer, but it certainly does freeze up halfway through.
    just another way windows11 makes life harder for anyone who isnt just a email-your-mother-on-a-sunday type user.
    if you want to get anything constructive done, win11 is sure to make your life harder that it should be (or even used to be - curse the day i upgraded from win10)

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