No More Zip Files As Folders In Winxp?

emr · Joined: Mar 03, 2003 Posts: 26

Is there a way to fix it so that ZIP files no longer appear as if they are folders in Windows Explorer? I find this "feature" to be inconvenient and would love to turn it off, if I can.

Thanks in advance for any advice you have!

emr · Joined: Mar 03, 2003 Posts: 26

After posting my question, I found a link on this thread - http://help.lockergnome.com/index.php?showtopic=12264 - that gave me the answer:

Not Viewing Zip Files as Folders
Added 3/4/04

If you want to turn of WindowsXP showing Zip files as folders, just run:

regsvr32 /u zipfldr.dll

Now to see if it works! Wink

emr · Joined: Mar 03, 2003 Posts: 26

Yes, it works!

Hopefully, this will help someone else as well!

reader · Joined: May 07, 2004 Posts: 1617

And this small freeware utility seems to do the same:

http://www.majorgeeks.com/download2264.html

i.e turning the xp zip-function on/off as per you wish.

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Regardless of how they appear, zip files just hang around and clutter up the place. Kind of like old Milk Cartons. :harhar:

They can really slow down scans too, so I just made a folder on my second HD and called it "My Zips". Then I moved all zip files from my C: drive to that folder. End of Problem.
If I ever want to revisit a zip file, I know right where to find it.
They can have really screwed up names too, so I generally rename them to something I can understand. Laughing

:thumbup:

Just a thought,
Shadow :w00t:

reader · Joined: May 07, 2004 Posts: 1617

Perhaps "just" a thought, but still a good one. Very Happy

zlim · Joined: Mar 11, 2005 Posts: 2629

Note, the above link leads to a paid program, not a free solution.