Missing menu cmd "File | New | Compressed (zipped) Folder"

[Guest]

I have win xp pro but when I am in windows explorer and try to create a
"Compressed (zipped) folder" using File | New ... there is no such option.

 

[Stan Brown]

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microsoft.public.windowsxp.general:

I have win xp pro but when I am in windows explorer and try to create a
"Compressed (zipped) folder" using File | New ... there is no such option.

Have you installed Winzip or some other ZIP file handler? Win XP's
native ZIP handling disables itself if some other handler is
registered.

 

[Guest]

Yes I have WinZip installed.

So there is no "compress (zipped) folder" option? Hm ... I was hoping to
create such a folder and then associate a password with it. Now I guess I'll
have to use WinZip's encryption that works on a per file basis. I'd hoped to
associate a single password with the entire folder.

Thanks.

daniel

 

[Bob I]

For what its worth the "zipped folder" is only a zipfile.

 

[Guest]

Thanks ... I saw it was only a zip file. Too bad installing another zip
technology disables the "compressed (zipped) folder". It appears to have some
nice features.

Daniel

 

[Bob I]

You have WinZip? R-click the zipped file and select Encrypt.

 

[Guest]

If I had WinZip but uninstalled it, is there no way to reinstate the XP
"Compressed (zipped) Folder" menu option?

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Select Run from the Start Menu:

Type or Paste: regsvr32 cabview.dll at the prompt and click OK.
and
Type or Paste: regsvr32 zipfldr.dll at the prompt and click OK.

The change will take effect immediately, but you may have to restart Windows
for all features of the built-in ZIP support to be available.

If Send To Compressed (zipped) Folder is still missing from the Send To
menu.

Copy: Compressed (zipped) Folder from C:\Documents and
Settings\Administrator\SendTo
or
from C:\Documents and Settings\Default User\SendTo
or
from C:\WINDOWS\system32\config\systemprofile\SendTo
or
from a friend's machine.

Paste it into...

%userprofile%\SendTo
or
C:\Documents and Settings\Your Name Here\SendTo

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Lisa,

Add or remove entries in the New objects list (ShellNew):
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/shellnew.htm

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Regards,

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


If I had WinZip but uninstalled it, is there no way to reinstate the XP
"Compressed (zipped) Folder" menu option?