I think my Autocad 2022 issue is the same as the OP. I first zoomed to extents so that no objects are off screen. After QSELECTing some objects, I then ZOOM to the Objects. That works, but the objects are deselected after the zoom executes. Behavior is the same whether PICKADD is set to 1 or 2. Using transparent 'ZOOM makes no difference. All input is by keyboard.
It is easy enough, albeit more typing, to re-SELECT the Previous selection set. However, this behavior is not as described by some posters. I could swear that this worked without deselecting the objects just a month ago.
Does using ZOOM always deselect the selection set, regardless of whether or not the objects are visible on screen?
Thanks in advance, and for all the other great advice in these forums.
Greg