windows exporer search and zip files

[Guest]

In windows xp, the contents of zip files are listed as files when one
searches a folder. This may have some benifits, but is mostly a problem.
When I try to reorganize folders and files, I have to look at real files,
and virtual files from a zip directory in the same list.

I wish there was a way to turn it off.

 

[tlviewer]

In windows xp, the contents of zip files are listed as files when one
searches a folder. This may have some benifits, but is mostly a problem.
When I try to reorganize folders and files, I have to look at real files,
and virtual files from a zip directory in the same list.

I wish there was a way to turn it off.

sam,

/start
/run
regsvr32 /u zipfldr.dll

this will noticably speed up windows explorer.

IIRC this file is not restored to the registry in WinXP, but it is in
Win2k3. You should be able to unregister it manually and not
have to take additional action.

To gain support for extracting ZIP files I use WinRAR.

hth,
tlviewer

 

[Guest]

that was great. it worked. much better.

I have two additional questions.

1)what exactly did I just do (just out of curiosity)
2)if i wanted to restore that function, how do i do it?


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[tlviewer]

that was great. it worked. much better.

I have two additional questions.

1)what exactly did I just do (just out of curiosity)

This is a feature unique to Windows (all versions).

zipfldr.dll has an entry point to both DllRegisterServer() &
DllUnregisterServer(), which is why
the utility regsvr32.exe knows what to do with it.

If you open this DLL in the VisualStudio Resource Editor you will see a REG
script containing
all the text entries needed to register the methods and properties, plus any
shell extensions. It's the
shell extensions that give this DLL its true feature, which in our case is
more like a bug -- once I install
WinXP in no time at all I have so many ZIP files that windows explorer
grinds to a halt in some folders.

The notorious Browser Helper Objects that target Internet Explorer usually
work in the same way: they
are DLL files that get registered in so that they are recognized by IE as
plugins. Similarly you can
go along way to cripple them with an unreg, as already shown.

hth,
tlviewer

2)if i wanted to restore that function, how do i do it?

to register or re-register do
/start
/run
regsvr32 zipfldr.dll

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

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

--
Regards,

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


that was great. it worked. much better.

I have two additional questions.

1)what exactly did I just do (just out of curiosity)
2)if i wanted to restore that function, how do i do it?


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