If you can, then maybe some 3rd-party process is interfering. Perform a Clean Boot and see if you can complete the extraction. Download a fresh copy in another location and see if that helps you. Perhaps the download has become corrupted. If you are unable to move the file due to a long path name, you may make use of the freeware Long Path Fixer Tool. You could move the Zip file into one of your user profile folders, like Documents and then try to extract the files. Maybe the file location is protected so move the file and then try again. Rename the file and then try to extract its contents. At times, several problems get fixed by restarting the PC. To get started, restart your computer and check if it resolves the issue or not. To learn more about these steps, continue reading. If you receive this error while trying to compress a file, or extract the contents of a zipped file, using the built-in Windows File Explorer compression functionality, here are a few things you could try. If you receive a Windows cannot complete the extraction error when trying to extract the contents of a zipped compressed file on your Windows 11/10/8/7 PC, followed by either – The destination file could not be created, The destination path is too long, or The compressed zipped folder is invalid message, then this post shows what you can do to get around it.
