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eramdam
@eramdam

Why can this stuff break? Why is the only solution I see online is "lol reinstall the OS"?

What a joke of an OS.


tit
@tit

good luck getting a fix to that with no other computers available. because all software you open is a .exe file. cause: no idea. it just happens maybe once every 3 years or so

(there's a fix: it's a microsoft .msi file that fixes it. you can somehow get that through hours of trying to open edge & looking for a fix)

in any case anyone with that issue shows up here, here's a fix:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-US/troubleshoot/windows-client/performance/running-exe-starts-another-program


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in reply to @eramdam's post:

if you install explorerpatcher, enable the old context menus, right click somewhere to open one, and then undo all of that it MIGHT fix it. there might even be a "fix context menu button" I only use Windows when i have to update my mouse firmware the last year though so it may have changed.

well, that's the funny thing, the SendTo > Compressed folder in the legacy context menu does work. Only the equivalent item in the new context menu is buggy like that.

I guess switching back to the old menu works but like, urgh.

yeah, I didn't know but thought it might cause it to go back to defaults for the non added options. there's a few context menu editors, they might be the next place to look if you haven't.

I had a different problem where the cut paste sub menu just didn't exist, and explorerpatcher managed to unwedge that

  1. The equivalent option in the old menu works, so I just disabled that new menu for now
  2. I tried selecting 7Zip andโ€ฆ it didnโ€™t work either. Like ideally Iโ€™d just want it to work like the old Send to > Zip file thing but alas

What a strange bug. I took a peek at the source for that context menu and I can't quite say how that behaviour could happen.

Does the same thing happen if you try the compress option from the explorer window's menu bar (it's buried under the "...").

What is the option set in Windows Settings -> Apps -> Default Apps -> Choose defaults by link type for "EXPLORER.ZIPSECTION"

The only thing i can think of that could affect this is that I use 7zip(+7ade) as my extract/compress thing so I suspected the fact that .zip files are associated with those could mess this menu up but the fact that the OG Send To -> zip file works just fine is confusing me

in reply to @tit's post:

i remember years ago there were things called "companion viruses" that would register themselves to handle the .exe file extension and hijack every program on your computer, if you managed to clean it off with an antivirus you can guess what happened afterwards