zip files show as directory?

[psloan]

Hello,

I have windows xp home and find that in explorer, zip files show up as sub directories in the directory tree. I think this is quite anoying and want to turn this off. I have searched the configuration for winzip and xp but have not been able to find anything that would let me turn this off. Is there any way to do this?



Thanks

--pat

 

[Need4Speed]

Remove Zip Integration
Go To Start > Run and type: regsvr32 /u %windir%\system32\zipfldr.dll and press `ok`.

 

[psloan]

Need4Speed,

Thanks for the speedy reply. I will give that a shot. Just curious, is that part of windows xp or something else? Can it be easily be reinstalled if I wish?

Thanks again.

--pat

 

[spyordie007]

Originally posted by: psloan
Need4Speed,

Thanks for the speedy reply. I will give that a shot. Just curious, is that part of windows xp or something else? Can it be easily be reinstalled if I wish?

Thanks again.

--pat

Yes it's part of WinXP.

you should be able to re register it with:
regsvr32 %windir%\system32\zipfldr.dll

-Spy

EDIT: figured it out, easy enough

 

[psloan]

I successfuly uninstalled it but this did not reinstall it. 🙁

I got an error saying something about the entry point was not found....

I sure like not having the zip's as folders makes browsing some directories (with lots of zip files) much faster and easier to see the real directories.

Thanks.

--pat

Originally posted by: spyordie007

Yes it's part of WinXP.

I would assume you could reinstall it with a :
regsvr32 /i %windir%\system32\zipfldr.dll
but that's only assuming that /i is the right switch and that regsvr32 allows that option.

-Spy

 

[Lonyo]

Can you turn it ON in Win 2k?

 

[spyordie007]

Originally posted by: psloan
I successfuly uninstalled it but this did not reinstall it. 🙁

I got an error saying something about the entry point was not found....

I sure like not having the zip's as folders makes browsing some directories (with lots of zip files) much faster and easier to see the real directories.

Thanks.

--pat

Originally posted by: spyordie007

Yes it's part of WinXP.

I would assume you could reinstall it with a :
regsvr32 /i %windir%\system32\zipfldr.dll
but that's only assuming that /i is the right switch and that regsvr32 allows that option.

-Spy

Read my post again, I had the command a bit wrong so I edited my post to reflect the correct way.

-Spy

 

[spyordie007]

Originally posted by: Lonyo
Can you turn it ON in Win 2k?

I just tried it on one of my crashboxes (after copying the zipfldr.dll from a XP box) and it doesnt look like it.

-Spy

 

[psloan]

spyordie007,

Thanks your edited method works. Thanks for your help.

--pat