compressed folders

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James

Does anyone know how to reassociate compressed folders with
zip files? I had winrar at one time and uninstalled it. Now
everytime I do a Send To, Compressed folders I get an error
message saying compressed folders is not associated with
zip files and do I want to reassociate them. I choose yes
and it doesn't work. Next try I get the same error. I also
tried a registry fix from Kelly's Korner and that did not
work either. How do I reassociate compressed folders with
zip files? Thanks in advance.
James
 
Hi

Try this:

From Start>Run type or copy/paste the following:

regsvr32 zipfldr.dll

Please note the space between the 2 and z.
 
Thanks Will, but this did not work either. It said it
registered it succesfully, but when I tried I get the
same error message about compressed folders not being
associated with zip files. Anything else to try?
James
 
Thanks Will, but this did not work either. It said it registered it
succesfully, but when I tried I get the same error message about
compressed folders not being associated with zip files. Anything else
to try?
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Check registry entries /correct them/:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.zip
"default"="CompressedFolder"
"Content Type"="application/x-zip-compressed"
"PerceivedType"="compressed"

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CompressedFolder
"default"="Compressed Folder (zip)"
"FriendlyTypeName"="@%SystemRoot%\system32\zipfldr.dll,-10195"

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CompressedFolder\CLSID
"default"="{E88DCCE0-B7B3-11d1-A9F0-00AA0060FA31}"

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CompressedFolder\DefaultIcon
"default"="%SystemRoot%\system32\zipfldr.dll"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CompressedFolder\Shell\Open]
"BrowserFlags"=dword:00000010
"ExplorerFlags"=dword:00000012

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CompressedFolder\Shell\Open\Command]
"default"="rundll32.exe zipfldr.dll,RouteTheCall %L"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CompressedFolder\Shell\Open\ddeexec]
"default"="[ViewFolder(\"%l\", %I, %S)]"
"NoActivateHandler"=""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CompressedFolder\Shell\Open\ddeexec\application]
"default"="Folders"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CompressedFolder\Shell\Open\ddeexec\ifexec]
"default"="[]"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CompressedFolder\Shell\Open\ddeexec\topic]
"default"="AppProperties"
 
James said:
It comes back with:

.zip=
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Then I would go to Control Panel, Folder Options - File types, look for
ZIP and highlight - Remove, to get rid of something that appears to be
damaged. Then regsvr32 zipfldr.dll again
 
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