missing folder

[Peter]

I've downloaded a .zip file onto the desktop and after scanning it I
unzipped it. I can find it in Search and it appears to be in the root
directory. But when I go to the C:\ drive I can't find it. The hidden
files are available.

Any ideas?

Thank you

 

[Peter]

In fact, I can add something: when I deleted the .zip file from the Desktop
the Search can no longer find it. Then, I restored the file to the desktop
and the folder appears again with all the individual files inside.

I thought that when you unzip a file it opens itseld somewhere on the disk;
but where?

Thank you for your help solving the mystery.

 

[Gordon]

In fact, I can add something: when I deleted the .zip file from the
Desktop the Search can no longer find it. Then, I restored the file to
the desktop and the folder appears again with all the individual files
inside.

I thought that when you unzip a file it opens itseld somewhere on the
disk; but where?

Wherever you told it to during the Unzip process.....

 

[Peter]

Wherever you told it to during the Unzip process.....

That's the problem: it did not.

I think what happened is that the .zip folder unzipped itself onto the same
folder, even if the Search found it in the root directory. That's why when
I deleted the .zip folder from the desktop, the Search could no longer find
anything.

Strange, though.

Any ideas?

 

[Script]

Did you right-click and choose "Extract All"? If you clicked "Open", you just
looked inside. The "Search" is seeing the files "inside" of the zip
file.(They're still "Zipped".)

 

[Plato]

In fact, I can add something: when I deleted the .zip file from the Desktop
the Search can no longer find it. Then, I restored the file to the desktop
and the folder appears again with all the individual files inside.

I thought that when you unzip a file it opens itseld somewhere on the disk;
but where?

It depends on where you told the unzip app to place the unzipped files.