Strange Tooltip/Infotip Problem - Not showing complete ZIP file contents

[Mark V.]

I have two WinXP Pro machines. One machine shows the contents of zip files
in a very long tooltip, whereas, the other machine ONLY shows a short
tooltip containing just the date and time of the file.

Is there anything I can do to make the tooltips on the second machine behave
like the first one?

Thanks.
MV.

 

[John Wunderlich]

I have two WinXP Pro machines. One machine shows the contents of
zip files in a very long tooltip, whereas, the other machine ONLY
shows a short tooltip containing just the date and time of the
file.

Is there anything I can do to make the tooltips on the second
machine behave like the first one?

The long tooltip sounds like the functionality that WinZip adds.
Do you have WinZip installed on one but not the other?

HTH,
John

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

As John said. To view and compare the file type settings, you may use
FileExtInfo.

FileExtInfo - View the association settings for a file type easily:
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/fileextinfo.htm

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Regards,

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

I have two WinXP Pro machines. One machine shows the contents of
zip files in a very long tooltip, whereas, the other machine ONLY
shows a short tooltip containing just the date and time of the
file.

Is there anything I can do to make the tooltips on the second
machine behave like the first one?

The long tooltip sounds like the functionality that WinZip adds.
Do you have WinZip installed on one but not the other?

HTH,
John

 

[Mark V.]

Yep, that was it!
The second machine had an older version of WinZip installed.
After installing version 10.0 made the tooltips showed the zip contents.
Thanks
MV.