zip or compressed files in Vista opening with wrong programs?

[cptcanuck2]

Judging from Yahoo Answers, a lot of people are having trouble restoring
the default built in zip file function in Vista which works by
right-clicking.

If someone mistakenly right-clicks an zip folder and goes Open With >
Notepad for example, after that you lose you zip function, and the zip
folders are not yellow folders with zippers.

I need a response from someone who has had this problem and who has
solved it. The rest of you are well meaning; however, Vista shouldn't
need another zip file program, and going Open With > Choose Program
doesn't work, nor does going Control Panel > Program > Default Programs

Associate a File Type or Protocol with a Specific Program work.

I had this problem 6 months ago, and it seemed to solve itself. I
suspect Vista after a few days restored its own defaults.

 

[Synapse Syndrome]

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/65254-zip-file-support-restore.html

see that

Hey, that was the first useful (albeit redundant) post that I have seen you
ever make, you top-posting retard!

ss.

 

[cptcanuck2]

You may want to have a look 'here'
(http://www.winhelponline.com/articles/105/1/File-association-fixes-for-Windows-Vista.html)
for instructions for most of vista's defaults

for the .zip you can also try ...

assoc .zip=CompressedFolder

in an elevated cmd prompt

hope this helps

It worked. Thank you. I can't believe a newsgroup beats Yahoo Answers.
I had to merge the zipfix_vista.reg from your link in the
administrator account. That made the zip files extract by right-clicking.

To make the zip folders yellow folders with zippers again, I went Start

Goto All Programs > Expand the Accessories Folder > Right Click

Command Prompt > Select Run as Administrator

Windows Vista will ask you if you were sure that you wanted to open the
command prompt as an administrator, say yes. Now from there type:

cmd /c assoc .zip=CompressedFolder .