Unable to create new Compressed (Zipped) Folder in Vista

Hello,

I am unable to create a new compressed (zipped) folder in my Vista machine.  I can right click on the desktop or within a folder and when I slide down to "New" the option for a compressed (zipped) folder is not there.  I had a program called PeaZip installed that handled .zip files among other files, and I thought that was the problem, so I uninstalled it and that did nothing.  Then I found a site that said I should copy the Compressed (zipped) folder from c:\users\default\appdata\microsoft\windows\sendto and paste it in the directory c:\users\<my user name>\appdata\microsoft\windows\sendto (I tried to remember the pathnames by memory, I'm sure you get the point if I missed a folder somewhere in there).

That solution didn't fix the problem.  In fact, it didn't seem to do anything.  Any help with this problem is greatly appreciated.

Also, I was unsure which forum to put this in, as "Files and Folders" would seem more appropriate if it were a category.  I apologize if I selected an inappropriate forum.