Turning off XP's ZIP integration

[Cyberdude]

Is there any way to turn of XP's automatic ZIP archive integration?

This especially bugs me when performing a Search. How can I turn off
XP searching in ZIP archives?

I would also like to know if there is a way to turn this off in
Explorer and let me copy of Winzip handle all archive management.

Cyberdude

 

[JCO]

Not sure how to turn it off but I like Winzip application better therefore
installed it. Once I did that, I guess you could say it was turned off and
the WinZip application worked instead.

fyi; Not sure if that helps you at all.

 

[Cyberdude]

Winzip justs adds features, it does not disable XP's built in features.


Explorer and Search utility still automatically open ZIP files and
treat them like folders. That is what I want to disable.

Cyberdude.

 

[Guest]

Is there any way to turn of XP's automatic ZIP archive integration?

This especially bugs me when performing a Search. How can I turn off
XP searching in ZIP archives?

I would also like to know if there is a way to turn this off in
Explorer and let me copy of Winzip handle all archive management.

regsvr32 -u zipfldr.dll

 

[Cyberdude]

Thanks!

 

[Anando [MS-MVP]]

Hi Dude,

To turn off the ZIP folder integration, at start / run:

regsvr32 -u zipfldr.dll

To turn it back on:

regsvr32 zipflder.dll

Hope this helps.

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