Windows 7 compressed folder option missing

Sign in. United States English. Ask a question. Quick access. Search related threads. Remove From My Forums. Answered by:. Archived Forums. Windows 7 User Interface. Sign in to vote. I have run the command rundll32 zipfldr. When I run the rundll32 zipfldr.

Are there any alternative solutions? Tuesday, February 15, AM. Please remember to click "Mark as Answer" on the post that helps you, and to click "Unmark as Answer" if a marked post does not actually answer your question. I noticed afterwards that the sendto compressed file was missing I use this feature a LOT in my work so assumed it must be a winzip thing. Even beyond that I dislike the complexity of winzip so uninstalled it afterwords.

Ever since then the "send to compressed file" option remains missing. I followed the instructions to restore the file "Compressed zipped folder. I replaced it anyway but no joy. There are several webpages with this same instruction and it seems to work for everyone - by my case is obviously different.

Any ideas? Win7 sp1 professional 32 bit. Edited by rwhite. Friday, December 27, PM. I am having the exact same issue you are I installed winzip and I too have tried all of these fixes and they are not working for me either. Wednesday, May 14, PM. Matt - State of California. I am not too sure if you can create a new zipped folder, because how can you compress a folder that is empty.

As in creating a new compressed folder that is empty has nothing to compress. It disappeared after installing a trial of WinZip. I uninstalled Winzip thinking it would return, but it didn't.

I tried this command from the Command Prompt, assoc. I can still open zip files and I can do Send to, but I can't create. How can I restore that functionality? This thread is locked. You can follow the question or vote as helpful, but you cannot reply to this thread.

I have the same question Report abuse. Details required :. Cancel Submit. Previous Next. ManuelCapiro Independent Advisor. Now copy the Compressed zipped folder from this folder. If you cannot find the file in this folder then you need to download the Compressed folder. Paste the previously copied Compressed zipped folder in this folder.

You can right click on any file and select the Send to menu and you will find the Compressed zipped folder option. Now you can create Compressed zipped folders.