Zip files being treated like folders

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Greetings all,

I'm running XP SP1, and all of a sudden, all my zip files are being treated
sort of like folders by Windows Explorer. When I expand a folder containing
one or more zip files, those zip files are listed in the left-hand pane, as
well as the right one.

How can I turn this off, so that zip files do NOT get special treatment. I
just want them to display like any other file, only in the right-hand pane.

Thanks for your help.

Larry123
 
To stop it:

regsvr32 /u %windir%\system32\zipfldr.dll

To turn it back on again:

regsvr32 %windir%\system32\zipfldr.dll


|Greetings all,
|
|I'm running XP SP1, and all of a sudden, all my zip files are being treated
|sort of like folders by Windows Explorer. When I expand a folder containing
|one or more zip files, those zip files are listed in the left-hand pane, as
|well as the right one.
|
|How can I turn this off, so that zip files do NOT get special treatment. I
|just want them to display like any other file, only in the right-hand pane.
|
|Thanks for your help.
|
|Larry123
|
|
 
It's a handy feature.If you click on the "Zip File" in the
left hand pane the right hand pane will show you all of
the files within the zipped file.This can be useful if you
manually install programs (as I like to do),that way you
can view the 'Read Me" file that is in some zip files.
Vince
 
I'm running XP SP1, and all of a sudden, all my zip files are being treated
sort of like folders by Windows Explorer. When I expand a folder containing
one or more zip files, those zip files are listed in the left-hand pane, as
well as the right one.

How can I turn this off, so that zip files do NOT get special treatment. I
just want them to display like any other file, only in the right-hand pane.
Click to expand...

That is the 'Zip folder' facility. If you don't want it, Start - Run
the line
regsvr32 /u zipfldr.dll
 
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