Zip files appearing as folders

[John]

I'm running Windows XP SP1. I want to turn off the
option/feature that makes zip files appear as folders in
Windows. This is seen in two ways:

1. When searching for a particular file, all folders and
zip files in a given area are searched. I only want the
real folders to be searched, not the zip files.

2. When using Windows explorer, the zip files appears as
folders in the tree node. I only want real folders to
appear there.

Thanks,

John

 

[Guest]

-----Original Message-----
I'm running Windows XP SP1. I want to turn off the
option/feature that makes zip files appear as folders in
Windows. This is seen in two ways:

1. When searching for a particular file, all folders and
zip files in a given area are searched. I only want the
real folders to be searched, not the zip files.

2. When using Windows explorer, the zip files appears as
folders in the tree node. I only want real folders to
appear there.

Thanks,
To disable XP's zip support, perform the following steps:

1. Select Run from the Start menu and enter
regsvr32 /u %windir%\system32\zipfldr.dll
2. Click OK.
3. Restart the computer.

To enable XP's zip support, perform the following steps:

1. Select Run from the Start menu and enter
regsvr32 %windir%\system32\zipfldr.dll
2. Click OK.
3. Restart the computer.

 

[Ramesh]

Hi John,

Click Start | Run | and type:

"regsvr32 /u zipfldr"

Original problem should be resolved. Also, the Zip file association is also
gone.

Download WinZip and install it (www.winzip.com)

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Regards,
Ramesh
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I'm running Windows XP SP1. I want to turn off the
option/feature that makes zip files appear as folders in
Windows. This is seen in two ways:

1. When searching for a particular file, all folders and
zip files in a given area are searched. I only want the
real folders to be searched, not the zip files.

2. When using Windows explorer, the zip files appears as
folders in the tree node. I only want real folders to
appear there.

Thanks,

John

 

[John]

Are there any other side effects from unregistering this
DLL?

Thanks,

John

 

[Ramesh]

Nope. Only the ZIP file association (CompressedFolder) is deleted from
registry. No side-effects. As I said earlier, download Winzip from
www.winzip.com to access ZIP files later.

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Regards,
Ramesh
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Are there any other side effects from unregistering this
DLL?

Thanks,

John

 

[Doug Knox MS-MVP]

Click Start, Run and enter REGSVR32 -U ZIPFLDR.DLL This will disable XP's
built in ZIP features. To re-enable it, use REGSVR32 ZIPFLDR.DLL