{"id":80521,"date":"2026-03-19T14:12:27","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T08:42:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/?p=80521"},"modified":"2026-03-19T14:12:27","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T08:42:27","slug":"compressed-zipped-folder-new-menu-missing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/compressed-zipped-folder-new-menu-missing\/","title":{"rendered":"Compressed (zipped) Folder Missing in the New menu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When you right-click on the desktop and click New, the <strong>Compressed (zipped) Folder<\/strong> option may be missing.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-80523\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/zip-shellnew-entry-missing.png\" alt=\"restore missing &quot;compressed (zipped) folder&quot; to the New menu\" width=\"464\" height=\"388\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The <strong>Send to<\/strong> \u2192 <strong>Compressed (zipped) Folder<\/strong> option may still work.<\/p>\n<h2>Resolution<\/h2>\n<p>To bring back the <strong>Compressed (zipped) Folder<\/strong> option to the New menu, fix the .zip file type association.\u00a0Please do the following.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Download one of the following files:\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/fileasso\/zip_fix_w11.reg\">zip_fix_w11.reg<\/a> (for Windows 11)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/fileasso\/zip_fix_w10.reg\">zip_fix_w10.reg<\/a> (for Windows 10)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Double-click the downloaded REG file.<\/li>\n<li>Click <strong>Yes<\/strong> to confirm.\u00a0You should see the following message:\n<div class=\"qt\"><em>The keys and values contained in [filename.reg] have been successfully added to the registry.<\/em><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>Log off and log back in to your account.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-80522\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/zip-shellnew-entry-fixed.png\" alt=\"restore missing &quot;compressed (zipped) folder&quot; to the New menu\" width=\"497\" height=\"365\" \/>\n<p>The Compressed (zipped) Folder entry should now appear in the New menu.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong> The above REG files contain the default registry settings for the following keys:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"registry\">HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\\.Zip\r\nHKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\\CompressedFolder\r\n<\/pre>\n<hr \/>\n<div class=\"rp\"><strong>RELATED:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/new-menu-restore-default-items-shellnew\/\">Restore Default Items to the New Menu (ShellNew) in Windows<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When you right-click on the desktop and click New, the Compressed (zipped) Folder option may be missing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,869],"tags":[441],"class_list":["post-80521","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-windows-10","category-windows-11","tag-registry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1538,"url":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/restore-missing-compressed-zipped-folder-option-to-the-send-to-menu\/","url_meta":{"origin":80521,"position":0},"title":"Fix: &#8220;Compressed (zipped) Folder&#8221; Missing in Send To Menu","author":"Ramesh","date":"February 26, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"This article tells you how to restore the missing \"Compressed (Zipped) Folder\" item to your \"Send to\" menu in all versions of Windows, including Windows 10 and 11. 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