Turning off ZIP file integration in explorer
Does anyone know how to turn off the integrated ZIP file support in Windows XP? I prefer to use WinRAR and when I open a directory in explorer that contains a lot of zip files, they are listed as directories, something which I find really annoying as it clutters up the folder view in Windows Explorer.
Does anyone know how to turn off the integrated ZIP file support in Windows XP? I prefer to use WinRAR and when I open a directory in explorer that contains a lot of zip files, they are listed as directories, something which I find really annoying as it clutters up the folder view in Windows Explorer.
Thanks,
Jason A.
Thanks,
Jason A.
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That was annoying me too, but I found a way to disable it. Type at a Command Prompt:
regsvr32 /u %windir%\system32\zipfldr.dll
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Ok this works for a while, but Windows seems to turn it back on after a few minutes... I'll keep looking for a solution
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I was wrong. Windows doesn't turn it back on a few minutes later, its just the File Association is removed and double clicking a ZIP file will re-enable compressed folders... so after typing that command (regsvr32 ...) make sure to go associate zip files with your archiving program.
regsvr32 /u %windir%\system32\zipfldr.dll
[edit]
Ok this works for a while, but Windows seems to turn it back on after a few minutes... I'll keep looking for a solution
[edit again]
I was wrong. Windows doesn't turn it back on a few minutes later, its just the File Association is removed and double clicking a ZIP file will re-enable compressed folders... so after typing that command (regsvr32 ...) make sure to go associate zip files with your archiving program.
