Why is there a small lock symbol in the lower left corner of archive zip that I do?

I noticed that when I do a zip archive icon has a small symbol to lock in the lower left corner.
If I copy the archive on a removable small lock symbol disappears. What is with that? The files that I am archiving are not read only or encrypted.

First glance at all at this location: C:\Users

You will notice that your user file has this lock too. The content is protected by other users (standard). If you sign in as someone else you can not see what is there.

I guess you zipped something outside your user profile, but it is compressed by you, and once again you have rights to this file (the lock icon appears). You can right-click on the zipped file > choose Properties > Security tab > and you will see only under the Group of users listed in the system, you and administrators. You can check this: press the Edit button... > press the Add... button > type users and press OK > press apply then OK. You will notice that the lock icon has disappeared. Now everyone can access this file (all users)

When you copy something on the removable drive are extend these rights that can open a file, so everyone have access to it.

Tags: Windows

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