Turning off ZIP file integration in explorer

[jra101 0]

Does anyone know how to turn off the integrated ZIP file support in Windows XP? I prefer to use WinRAR and when I open a directory in explorer that contains a lot of zip files, they are listed as directories, something which I find really annoying as it clutters up the folder view in Windows Explorer.

 

Thanks,

 

Jason A.

[squall19 0]

That was annoying me too, but I found a way to disable it. Type at a Command Prompt:

 

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

 

[edit]

Ok this works for a while, but Windows seems to turn it back on after a few minutes... I'll keep looking for a solution

 

[edit again]

I was wrong. Windows doesn't turn it back on a few minutes later, its just the File Association is removed and double clicking a ZIP file will re-enable compressed folders... so after typing that command (regsvr32 ...) make sure to go associate zip files with your archiving program.

[jra101 0]

Awesome, that worked great!

 

Thanks!

 

Jason A.