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re: Question about 'How do I turn off Compressed Folders (built-in support for ZIP files) in Windows Vista and XP?' Saturday, April 7, 2007 at 3:00 pm Posted by Shawn (612 messages posted) Hi Bob- Right click on the Zip file & select PROPERTIES. Click on the CHANGE button & then click on the BROWSE button towards the bottom right. You want to select WINDOWS EXPLORER. File path is: C:/Windows/explorer Click on OPEN & then OK & then make sure it says opens with Windows Explorer next to the CHANGE button. If it does, click OK & your done. If not, repeat above. This will do it for ya. Shawn [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'How do I turn off Compressed Folders (built-in support for ZIP files) in Windows Vista and XP?' Monday, January 21, 2008 at 9:39 am Posted by Jim (2 messages posted) This will open the zipfile & show contents. Still missing: - ability to drag file object to zip & have it added to zipfile - icon appears different than 'compressed folder' default. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'How do I turn off Compressed Folders (built-in support for ZIP files) in Windows Vista and XP?' Tuesday, January 22, 2008 at 9:33 am Posted by Shawn (612 messages posted) Hi Jim, Do you have another ZIP program installed? That would cause the ZIP icon to be different. This will show you how to restore the built-in ZIP feature of Vista. http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/65254-zip-file-vista.html Shawn There are no dumb questions, just the people that do not ask them. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'How do I turn off Compressed Folders (built-in support for ZIP files) in Windows Vista and XP?' Tuesday, July 21, 2009 at 4:43 pm Posted by Tom (109 messages posted) Nearly a year and a half later, I needed this and it worked for me. Thanks Shawn. On Saturday, April 7, 2007 at 3:00 pm, Shawn wrote: >Hi Bob- > >Right click on the Zip file & select PROPERTIES. Click on the CHANGE button & then >click on the BROWSE button towards the bottom right. You want to select WINDOWS EXPLORER. > File path is: C:/Windows/explorer > >Click on OPEN & then OK & then make sure it says opens with Windows Explorer next >to the CHANGE button. If it does, click OK & your done. If not, repeat above. >This will do it for ya. > >Shawn > [Reply or follow-up to this message] Tip: Use one of the [Reply or follow-up to this message] links above to add a message to this thread Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows Vista Discussion Forum