Hide .ZIP in Explorer Tree ?

[Robert A.]

Hi guys,

My .ZIP files show up in the Explorer tree (on the left) as a
pseudo-folders; can I prevent that ? It's very annoying. I'm pretty sure it
was doing that before I installed WinZip 8.1, I also un-checked the Explorer
enhancements in WinZip to no avail.

I guess I can un-associate the .ZIP extensions, maybe I should do that ? Is
there another way ?

Take care,
Robert A.

 

[Torgeir Bakken \(MVP\)]

Hi guys,

My .ZIP files show up in the Explorer tree (on the left) as a
pseudo-folders; can I prevent that ? It's very annoying. I'm pretty sure it
was doing that before I installed WinZip 8.1, I also un-checked the Explorer
enhancements in WinZip to no avail.

I guess I can un-associate the .ZIP extensions, maybe I should do that ? Is
there another way ?

Hi

Something like this maybe (from e.g. Start/Run):

regsvr32 /u zipfldr.dll
regsvr32 /u cabview.dll


Enable it again later if you want this way:

regsvr32 zipfldr.dll
regsvr32 cabview.dll

 

[Alex Nichol]

My .ZIP files show up in the Explorer tree (on the left) as a
pseudo-folders; can I prevent that ? It's very annoying. I'm pretty sure it
was doing that before I installed WinZip 8.1, I also un-checked the Explorer
enhancements in WinZip to no avail.

This is the inbuilt 'Zip folder' facility which you do not need if you
use a third party program like WinZip: it allows a .zip to open in
explorer as if it were a folder and it also means that Search searches
inside zip files as well as folders, which can be an annoying overhead

To disable it, Start - Run and run the line
regsvr32 /u zipfldr.dll

Same without the /u to reinstate it