I don't want file search to read zip files

[Guest]

A major source of annoyance for me is when I want to use the Start->Search
option and the status bar shows that it is opening and reading .zip files.
It greatly increases the time involved. How do I disable this behavior?

 

[Alan Edwards]

Go to Ramesh's site.
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/utils/
This is what you want:
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/utils/NoFindInsideZip.exe

....Alan

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

What Alan said. Here is additional info for you:

This behavior is normal, as Windows XP treats .zip (Compressed Folder) as folders.

From: http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_w.htm

Tip: Stop Search from Scanning ZIP files: Un-register the zip and cab file dlls, then reregister them after that.

Before Search:
regsvr32 /u zipfldr.dll
regsvr32 /u cabview.dll

After Search:
regsvr32 cabview.dll
regsvr32 zipfldr.dll

If you're planning to use a third-party unzip tool such as WinZip, then the registration part is not required. On the other hand, if you want to have the Windows XP native Zip file support enabled, but don't want to unregister/register each time, then use the tool available here:

Prevent Windows XP from searching inside ZIP and CAB files, without breaking Windows XP's native ZIP / CAB support:
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/nofindinsidezip.htm

Download the NoFindInsideZip utility (~11KB) and save to Desktop. Double-click the file to run it. Remove the checkmark near the Zip and Cab file options and then click Apply. Close the utility. This prevents Windows XP Search companion from looking inside Zip and Cab archives when performing a file search. Note that the file association settings are not modified in any way, and they remain intact. You do NOT need to use the utility each time when you perform a file search.

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Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


A major source of annoyance for me is when I want to use the Start->Search
option and the status bar shows that it is opening and reading .zip files.
It greatly increases the time involved. How do I disable this behavior?

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

appears to control .jar files as well. Correct?

Never noticed it before, will check it out.

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Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


Thanks, that appears to have stopped the searching inside of .zip files as
well as .jar files. As a Java programmer it was the searching through the
100's of jar files in my developer tool installations which had really
annoyed me. Even though your tool only references zip and cab files it
appears to control .jar files as well. Correct?
As a programmer and suspicious of downloads by nature, it would be nice if
you said what the utility was affecting rather than leaving much to trust.
Thanks again,
Johnnie