Windows 8 Extraction Utility - Unable to create folders

forsterb01

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Hello All,

I have set my system up with a number of partitions. The primary partition is a 128GB SSD, whilst there are an additional three partitions mounted as NTFS folders on the primary, for ease of use.

I upgraded from Windows 7 (Home Premium) to Windows 8 Pro last week. Since then, I have been unable to extract zip files using the built in Extraction utility on the mounted partitions. It complains about being unable to create the directory I want to extract the files to.

Could anyone help me with this?

(Please note, all solutions will involve me copying from a USB drive to the machine as I won't have a home internet connection for another month :()
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8 Pro
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Self-Built
    CPU
    AMD Phenom II X6 1090T
    Motherboard
    ASUS M4A89TD PRO
    Memory
    2 x G-Skill 8GB Ripjaws DDR3 PC12800-1600Mhz
    Graphics Card(s)
    Gigabyte GeForce GTX 470 1280MB GDDR5

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8 Pro ($39.99 upgrade)
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Home Built
    CPU
    Intel I5 3570K overclocked to 4.2ghz
    Motherboard
    Asus P8Z77-V LX
    Memory
    Cosrair DDR3-1600 (4 x 4gb)
    Graphics Card(s)
    Nvidia GeForce GT 610 2GB
    Sound Card
    None
    Monitor(s) Displays
    AOC 27" LCD
    Screen Resolution
    1920x0180
    Hard Drives
    Seagate HDD 500gb (windows)
    Seagate HDD 1.5tb (media)
    Seagate HDD 1tb (media)
    Seagate HDD 1tb (media)
    PSU
    CoolMax 700watt
    Case
    Cosiar R400 Carbide series
    Cooling
    Cool Master H212
    Keyboard
    Dell
    Mouse
    PowerUp 3 button mouse
    Internet Speed
    12mb down, 1mb up
    Other Info
    qty. (5) 120mm fans, four are monitored by motherboard.
    Logitech T650 Touchpad for touch screen gestures
Unfortunately not. I'm just trying to extract the archive to a folder of the same name in the directory (i.e. Windows default extraction location for a file). It's quite annoying as until last week I was able to do this without an issue.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8 Pro
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Self-Built
    CPU
    AMD Phenom II X6 1090T
    Motherboard
    ASUS M4A89TD PRO
    Memory
    2 x G-Skill 8GB Ripjaws DDR3 PC12800-1600Mhz
    Graphics Card(s)
    Gigabyte GeForce GTX 470 1280MB GDDR5
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