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it DOES work - but extra steps required
Sunday, November 10, 2002 at 12:25 pm
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Posted by Mike (29 messages posted)


It does work after all, but only if after running the 'zipfldr' dll you re-start the computer, then immediately run the WinZip executable, at which stage it asks if you want to fully associate Zip files with WinZip. If you say yes, it seems to work.


On Monday, April 29, 2002 at 12:06 pm, PhilHT wrote:
>The process described in "How do I turn off Windows XP's built-in support for ZIP
>files?" did not work for me. It was successful initially, but as soon as I re-associated
>ZIP files with WinZip, so that I can double click on them to open them, then Explorer
>went right back to treating them as folders again. Did I miss something, or is this
>"solution" really that useless?


Written in response to:
Question about 'How do I turn off Windows XP's built-in support for ZIP files?' (PhilHT: Monday, April 29, 2002 at 12:06 pm)

Responses to this message:
*re: it DOES work - but extra steps required (Fallen Angel: Wednesday, December 4, 2002 at 11:19 am)
*re: it DOES work - but extra steps required (Joe: Monday, December 16, 2002 at 12:10 pm)
*re: it DOES work - but extra steps required (Jon: Monday, January 27, 2003 at 8:14 pm)
*Apply this tip forever... (Ragnorok: Friday, August 27, 2004 at 2:59 pm)

All messages in this thread [show all]
-Question about 'How do I turn off Windows XP's built-in support for ZIP files?' (PhilHT: Mon, Apr 29, 2002, 12:06 pm)
-re: Question about 'How do I turn off Windows XP's built-in support for ZIP files?' (Alex: Mon, Apr 29, 2002, 12:17 pm)
-re: Question about 'How do I turn off Windows XP's built-in support for ZIP files?' (Bob: Wed, Jun 12, 2002, 9:27 am)
-re: Question about 'How do I turn off Windows XP's built-in support for ZIP files?' (Krurst: Fri, Oct 18, 2002, 7:40 am)
-re: Question about 'How do I turn off Windows XP's built-in support for ZIP files?' (bhtooefr: Sat, Nov 9, 2002, 7:13 am)
-re: Question about 'How do I turn off Windows XP's built-in support for ZIP files?' (xplatinum: Thu, Sep 18, 2003, 2:28 pm)
*re: Question about 'How do I turn off Windows XP's built-in support for ZIP files?' (txGreg: Tue, Feb 10, 2004, 8:45 am)
-re: registry edit (Mike: Sun, Nov 10, 2002, 2:59 am)
*re: registry edit (Fred: Tue, Dec 10, 2002, 11:57 am)
-XP 'Zip' fix doesn't work (Mike: Sun, Nov 10, 2002, 2:52 am)
-re: XP 'Zip' fix doesn't work (chester: Wed, Jan 1, 2003, 12:56 am)
*re: XP 'Zip' fix doesn't work (Chris: Tue, Apr 22, 2003, 6:31 pm)
-re: XP 'Zip' fix doesn't work (boscado: Mon, Aug 4, 2003, 10:41 am)
*re: XP 'Zip' fix doesn't work (Alvaro Pompeia: Thu, Mar 11, 2004, 5:51 am)
*re: XP 'Zip' fix doesn't work (CyberZ74: Fri, Nov 19, 2004, 12:22 pm)
-it DOES work - but extra steps required (Mike: Sun, Nov 10, 2002, 12:25 pm)
*re: it DOES work - but extra steps required (Fallen Angel: Wed, Dec 4, 2002, 11:19 am)
*re: it DOES work - but extra steps required (Joe: Mon, Dec 16, 2002, 12:10 pm)
*re: it DOES work - but extra steps required (Jon: Mon, Jan 27, 2003, 8:14 pm)
*Apply this tip forever... (Ragnorok: Fri, Aug 27, 2004, 2:59 pm)
*re: Question about 'How do I turn off Windows XP's built-in support for ZIP files?' (Marc: Sun, May 4, 2003, 10:39 am)
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