Compressed zipped folders error file not found no read permission

I'm sure its a GPO issue but can't see an option for it anywhere Rob A Rob A 11 1 1 bronze badge. Can you try this and tell me? Hope it helps. Our students don't have rights to do anything on the desktop. Sorry about the confusion I've now edited the original question. Swisstone Swisstone 5, 6 6 gold badges 21 21 silver badges 31 31 bronze badges. I had to close the file that I had open.

Then I tried zipping it again, and it worked. Michele Michele 2 2 bronze badges. Sign up or log in Sign up using Google. Sign up using Facebook. Sign up using Email and Password. Post as a guest Name. Email Required, but never shown. The Overflow Blog. Podcast Making Agile work for data science. Stack Gives Back Featured on Meta. If you think this was useful, you may "Mark it as answer" to help those who are facing the same problem. Was this reply helpful? Yes No. Sorry this didn't help.

Thanks for your feedback. CharlesMaranto Jr. Clicking OK in the error dialog cancels the dialog and removes the zip file. This appears to be some sort of permissions thing.

I can create a zip file by right-clicking in the explorer window and clicking on "new", then "compressed zipped folder", and it will create the file just fine. I can even give it a name. Any attempt to copy anything into this new zip file results in "File not found or no read permission" error.

Attempting to delete the zip file says "You require permission from Administrators to make changes to this folder". So now I open the properties for the zip file and go to the Security tab.

It is here that I discover that this file has no owner assigned to it. Was this reply helpful? Yes No. Sorry this didn't help. Thanks for your feedback. You may try to create a new user account and check if it fixes the issue. Refer to the steps below to create a new User Account:.

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