Missing "Send to Compressed folder" function

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My PC at home (XP Pro) has a right mouse click option in Windows Explorer
"send to" and and option to "create a compressed file or folder".

My office PC (running XP as well) doesn't have this option for some reason.
Can it be enabled, and if so how?

Thanks
 
Your drive must be formatted NTFS.

CONVERTING FAT32 to NTFS in Windows XP
http://aumha.org/win5/a/ntfscvt.htm

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Windows - Shell/User
Microsoft Community Newsgroups
news://msnews.microsoft.com/

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| My PC at home (XP Pro) has a right mouse click option in Windows Explorer
| "send to" and and option to "create a compressed file or folder".
|
| My office PC (running XP as well) doesn't have this option for some reason.
| Can it be enabled, and if so how?
|
| Thanks
 
Just to understand more fully:
I am trying to Zip files and folders, not compress the disk.

In order to use the inbuilt XP zip function (compress) do I need to fiddle
with the drive format (NTFS) which on my work PC, I definately can't?
 
Restore missing "Compressed (zipped) Folder" option to the Send To menu:
http://www.winhelponline.com/articl...pped)-Folder"-option-to-the-Send-To-menu

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Regards,

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


Just to understand more fully:
I am trying to Zip files and folders, not compress the disk.

In order to use the inbuilt XP zip function (compress) do I need to fiddle
with the drive format (NTFS) which on my work PC, I definately can't?
 
Thanks 100% the correct answer...

Click Start, Run and type this command: rundll32 zipfldr.dll,RegisterSendto

and problem solved - case closed



Ramesh said:
Restore missing "Compressed (zipped) Folder" option to the Send To menu:
http://www.winhelponline.com/articl...pped)-Folder"-option-to-the-Send-To-menu

--
Regards,

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


Just to understand more fully:
I am trying to Zip files and folders, not compress the disk.

In order to use the inbuilt XP zip function (compress) do I need to fiddle
with the drive format (NTFS) which on my work PC, I definately can't?


Carey Frisch said:
Your drive must be formatted NTFS.

CONVERTING FAT32 to NTFS in Windows XP
http://aumha.org/win5/a/ntfscvt.htm

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows - Shell/User
Microsoft Community Newsgroups
news://msnews.microsoft.com/

---------------------------------------------------------------------------­----------------

:

| My PC at home (XP Pro) has a right mouse click option in Windows
Explorer
| "send to" and and option to "create a compressed file or folder".
|
| My office PC (running XP as well) doesn't have this option for some
reason.
| Can it be enabled, and if so how?
|
| Thanks
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
You're welcome.

--
Regards,

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


Thanks 100% the correct answer...

Click Start, Run and type this command: rundll32 zipfldr.dll,RegisterSendto

and problem solved - case closed
 

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