[RMVX ACE] CAN'T EXTRACT COMPILED FILES?

Hey, folks! I'm tryin' to extract someone's game so I can play it for Secret Reasons, but every time I try to do it, the little window that's supposed to prompt me to extract the files never comes up. Instead I see the dreaded blue loading circle that continues indefinitely.

Every once in a while, windows smart screen will pop and say "THAT FILE'S NOT SAFE!!!" and I tell it to calm down and open it anyway, and then it just... doesn't do it.

This has happened to me before as well? I had some trouble playing Virtual Grappi for this reason (the files wouldn't extract), and now I've tried extracting two more games from a different creator with no luck. It gets weird, tho, since these are the only three games that have given me this issue. I've extracted other games, no problem.

FTR this person is my secret santa and thus I won't disclose who it is on here! But if you wanna take a look at the actual file for some reason, PM me and I'll point you in the right direction.

I'm currently using Windows 10, if that helps anyone! Anyway, hope someone can help me out. Thanks for your time!

EDIT: AND THEN AS SOON AS I POST THE TOPIC I FIGURE IT THE FRICK OUT well okay w/e