Windows has built-in support for zip files. It can create, extract, browse through zip files which is a nice feature but this feature can also give you troubles in some situations.
- To open a.zip file without Winzip on a Windows computer, first double click the ZIP file to open it and click “Extract,” which you’ll find below the tools heading. Once the toolbar appears, click “Extract all” followed by “Extract” when the pop-up window appears.
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- The icon for the.zip file suggests it doesn't have a program associated with it. Windows does have built-in support for.zip files but something must have happened to that feature. I usually recommend the free 7-Zip for working with compressed files, helps in diagnosing where a problem may lie.
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When you try to open a .zip file you’ve downloaded using Windows Explorer, you might receive the follow error:
“Windows cannot complete the extraction. The destination file could not be created.”
By default, Windows will extract the files into the temp folder when you double-click on a .zip file to open it for viewing. This error means there is a problem with the permissions of the temp folder.
Here is a workaround:
- Move the .zip file into one of your user profile sub-folders, like Downloads, Documents, Pictures, etc.
- Right-click on the .zip file and select “Extract All”. This allows you to decompress all of the files into a folder of your choice.
Actually this problem has been faced by lots of Windows users. If you open the zip file with some third-party tools such as 7-zip or WinRAR, every file could be opened without error.