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Windows 11 ZIP compression doesn't preserve hidden file attributes.

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We have been using the default "Send to → Compressed (zipped) folder" feature in Windows 10 to compress multiple large files. Some of these files include hidden files, and since third-party tools sometimes fail to preserve those attributes, we relied on the built-in Windows tool. However, after upgrading to Windows 11, we noticed that the resulting ZIP files no longer retain attributes such as hidden file properties.This makes the built-in tool less viable for our purposes. Is this behavior of the ZIP compression feature in Windows 11 intentional (a design specification), or could this be a bu

 

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