Windows XP Compressed Folders & File Extensions

[Mark]

I couldn't find an answer anywhere I looked.

Is it possible to get Windows to treat some other file extension as a
compressed folder?

For example, I would like to be able to open .jar and .xpi files, which
are really zipped archives, as I do .zip archives, without having to
rename them or use a separate program.

Thanks,

Mark

 

[Mark]

... which helps to explain why I couldn't find an answer.

Thanks,

Mark

 

[Ayush]

Replied to [Mark]s message :

I couldn't find an answer anywhere I looked.

Is it possible to get Windows to treat some other file extension as a
compressed folder?

For example, I would like to be able to open .jar and .xpi files, which
are really zipped archives, as I do .zip archives, without having to
rename them or use a separate program.

Thanks,

Mark

Click Start | Run and type :
cmd /c assoc .jar=compressedfolder
then
cmd /c assoc .xpi=compressedfolder

 

[relic]

... which helps to explain why I couldn't find an answer.

Thanks,

Mark
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[Mark]

Replied to [Mark]s message :

I couldn't find an answer anywhere I looked.

Is it possible to get Windows to treat some other file extension as a
compressed folder?

For example, I would like to be able to open .jar and .xpi files,
which are really zipped archives, as I do .zip archives, without
having to rename them or use a separate program.

Thanks,

Mark

Click Start | Run and type :
cmd /c assoc .jar=compressedfolder
then
cmd /c assoc .xpi=compressedfolder

Thanks. That was it.

Mark

 

[Ayush]

Replied to [Mark]s message :

Thanks. That was it.

You are welcome Mark.