Turning off ZIP file integration in explorer

This is a discussion about Turning off ZIP file integration in explorer in the Customization Tweaking category; 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.

Customization Tweaking 1789 This topic was started by jra101, 2001-09-08 04:07. Last reply by jra101, 2001-09-08 21:04

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jra101

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2001-09-08 06:07

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.

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squall19

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2001-09-08 18:52

That was annoying me too, but I found a way to disable it. Type at a Command Prompt:

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.

jra101

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2001-09-08 21:04

Awesome, that worked great!

Thanks!

Jason A.