Access directory with zip file (especially large zip files) extremely slow

[Andy Shiu]

When using explorer to access a directory or drive with
zip file at the immediate level, it appears explorer is
reading out the contents of the zip file so it will be
able to show the little icon to indicate expansion of the
zip file is possible (from the left hand side tree view).
How can I disable it.

 

[Guest]

XP is looking inside of all of the zip files to count the files, add up the
sizes, and so on.
You can disable/enable XP support for "zip folders" via the following
commandlines:

disable:
regsvr32 /u %windir%\system32\zipfldr.dll

enable:
regsvr32 %windir%\system32\zipfldr.dll

If you disable "zip folders", you may want to use something like WinZip
instead, since XP will no longer handle zip files.


|When using explorer to access a directory or drive with
|zip file at the immediate level, it appears explorer is
|reading out the contents of the zip file so it will be
|able to show the little icon to indicate expansion of the
|zip file is possible (from the left hand side tree view).
|How can I disable it.