stop .zip drop down's in xp explorer?

[realredpanda]

is there a way to disable zip files from being listed with the other dir's when you open a dir in explorer?

 

[CPORonin]

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1575619,00.asp


The only way to disable searching in ZIP files is to turn off Win XP's support for treating ZIP files as folders. This is easy to do?and to undo.

From the Start menu's Run dialog, enter this command: regsvr32 /u zipfldr.dll. Repeat and enter regsvr32 /u cabview.dll. Each time, you should get a notice that DllUnregister succeeded. Contrary to numerous Web sites displaying this advice, you need to restart the computer for the change to take effect.

Now, when you search, the operating system will ignore ZIP folders instead of treating them as folders. If you don't care about that feature, you can leave it turned off. But turning it back on is as simple as repeating the two regsvr32 commands without the /u.

 

[CTho9305]

Originally posted by: CPORonin
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1575619,00.asp


The only way to disable searching in ZIP files is to turn off Win XP's support for treating ZIP files as folders. This is easy to do?and to undo.

From the Start menu's Run dialog, enter this command: regsvr32 /u zipfldr.dll. Repeat and enter regsvr32 /u cabview.dll. Each time, you should get a notice that DllUnregister succeeded. Contrary to numerous Web sites displaying this advice, you need to restart the computer for the change to take effect.

Now, when you search, the operating system will ignore ZIP folders instead of treating them as folders. If you don't care about that feature, you can leave it turned off. But turning it back on is as simple as repeating the two regsvr32 commands without the /u.

I've never had to reboot after doing that.

 

[Ryoga]

Well, if you can open an explorer window and it still treats .zip files as folders, then you'll need to reboot.

I suspect that it has to do with the fact that explorer.exe (that is, the task bar) has those .dll files currently open, regardless of the fact that they're no longer registered services.