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re: Question about 'How do I turn off Windows XP's built-in support for ZIP files?' Thursday, September 2, 2004 at 11:12 pm Posted by Yap (4094 messages posted) use winrar [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'How do I turn off Windows XP's built-in support for ZIP files?' Friday, September 3, 2004 at 6:11 am Posted by Falcon (13489 messages posted) Unfortunately, it isn't easy. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'How do I turn off Windows XP's built-in support for ZIP files?' Friday, September 3, 2004 at 8:09 am Posted by Gomez Addams (24 messages posted) That's kinda what I figured. I'd still like to give it a try, if it's not too tedious to post. If it really is that bad, don't waste your time. I could just use winrar :). On Friday, September 3, 2004 at 6:11 am, Otter wrote: >Unfortunately, it isn't easy. > >id="s2" src="javascript:var ds=document.getElementById;var i1=ds('s1');var i2=ds('s2');i1.style.display='none';i2.src=i1.src+'bb';i2.style.display='inline';"> [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'How do I turn off Windows XP's built-in support for ZIP files?' Friday, September 3, 2004 at 1:07 pm Posted by Falcon (13489 messages posted) Well, it involves writing a system-wide hook that must run in the background, and listens for window creations. I can do it, but it'll take a while... The disadvantages are another file sitting around on your computer, and possibly a performance hit from having to load the DLL into every process. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'How do I turn off Windows XP's built-in support for ZIP files?' Friday, September 3, 2004 at 1:10 pm Posted by Falcon (13489 messages posted) I might just do it whether or not you want it, because that box drives me crazy, too. :-) [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'How do I turn off Windows XP's built-in support for ZIP files?' Friday, September 3, 2004 at 2:15 pm Posted by Falcon (13489 messages posted) Here 'ya go: This must be run before you use the Zip Folder wizard, which probably means at system startup via your Start Menu's Startup folder. Command line: rundll32.exe ZipFldrHook.dll,Run Working directory: The folder containing ZipFldrHook.dll Base-64 encoded ZIP file containing ZipFldrHook.dll: UEsDBBQAAAAIAEOKIzHq8S6lPAMAAOAFAAAPAAAAWmlwRmxkckhvb2suZGxslVRbaBNREJ1NGmm1 j3yYP9EtVPBDY8m1KKjQVlMrtnVN1IiP6pq9mG03u2Gz0aiI8RFRQoKIiIigID6+RFSwiNjohygo VFARURR/FR8/fonXubnZWCpWHXJy7p05d3Z2dnb7Nx4HLwDUIRgDGAFhnfB3KyOaZ91uhpsNT1pH pL4nrWsTelpO2dYOW03KcdU0LUfeTmU7Y8q6KS9fHZWTlkaDTU1T26o55j8afTN85WnpF8ZKKnLD rfslEzlZeFUaQj559HmFI3o8wXVuDUoYoE/yQfHtoi7X9w6aW6dJU6BdAmj3CF/OI3DNW9n6/fwP xH3DOH7nEzpugvxCWOMqoa6H6zHfEvizHUfdgknifzJeZ/sk8aBDsw7yPEnU2y79qts1GWBb0NZU RwU4JYmc56VaD2rWib+gkEErQvGJa3OeoCtHe7si2HJoQOR8ohe533VjQZsaVhygF0QPlCpP0HUf WnrYh0kyDYXlbXUX+HpI2nC/EdYVPh74CFjsoX31EC1s8cda8mV+raVHub4lfwM3B/Y2fkVqyV/i kYs4wAxG+aFinq9jyhCwwIgX/GKvsMBNvjnsYz8Yyy3a7DQVizyw+N5Ob++HT50JDXOjChvkz5cz 0fWFjme4ZGk/e6GwF0IcW4OKsVrShCLOlCtnBjMzFSXBi3rg44VK/GzgMcZysyuFR1mmkWXqWQc2 DSMPMbJ10yO8YSy1g99+4rQHe9DIAi8xdIGrhhgL3MHNh2+YdgMOqoZIIY4g+qqDexb5KuIuYgzx uuqf4Q42WqlOPPsF43xfcP1wwjy49r/X+u4x0o4dT6bwTWTuWu+Cei9fG9REf5u0gjr9lpYxaI9u 0AE1SdF7yhM1KE3BqnBkINxHQkHNMAACsEw1jAEc9F7LGg5nAaZ7otTU+mk6re7g5wZ5tphuatau tShDTwf3KKpNTQe2o7oaTYsMXbAuGo64+V1zvx0hnE8cnhrm4H4ufxcQx7BH3ZX53ainegzN5gkr aSIZc1zPwlnHVuOObplyTN+j2hr6aDZlWDa1gzRL4R+Mfy8Ohkqh66H3oc+hZhIgMllIuslKsolQ Mkx2k/2kSE6QM+QcuUwmz/YTUEsBAhQLFAAAAAgAQ4ojMerxLqU8AwAA4AUAAA8AAAAAAAAAAAAg AAAAAAAAAFppcEZsZHJIb29rLmRsbFBLBQYAAAAAAQABAD0AAABpAwAAAAA= Source code: #include <windows.h> #ifdef _DEBUG // Stupid MSVC++ function in the CRT, // which I'm not using extern "C" __declspec(naked) void _chkesp() { __asm je return0 __asm nop return0: __asm ret } #endif #pragma data_seg("SHARE") HHOOK g_hHook=NULL; HINSTANCE g_hInstance=NULL; bool g_bProcessing=false; #pragma data_seg() #pragma comment(linker,"/SECTION:SHARE,RWS") BOOL APIENTRY CRTDllMain( HANDLE hModule, DWORD ul_reason_for_call, LPVOID lpReserved ) { if(g_hInstance==NULL) { g_hInstance=(HINSTANCE)hModule; } return TRUE; } #define CONTROL_ID 0x0000044A #define PROCESS_NAME "explorer.exe" #define DIALOG_TITLE "Extraction Wizard" #define BUFFER_SIZE 256 LRESULT CALLBACK CWPRHook(int nCode,WPARAM wParam,LPARAM lParam) { char cBuffer[BUFFER_SIZE]; char* sFilename; int nLength; HWND hwParent; if(HC_ACTION==nCode&&!g_bProcessing) { CWPRETSTRUCT* cwrps=(CWPRETSTRUCT*)lParam; if(cwrps->message==BM_SETCHECK) { cBuffer[0]=0; GetModuleFileName(NULL,cBuffer,BUFFER_SIZE); nLength=lstrlen(cBuffer); sFilename=&cBuffer[nLength-1]; while(*sFilename!='\\'&&sFilename>cBuffer) sFilename--; sFilename++; if(lstrcmpi(sFilename,PROCESS_NAME)==0) { hwParent=GetParent(cwrps->hwnd); hwParent=GetParent(hwParent); GetWindowText(hwParent,cBuffer,BUFFER_SIZE); if(lstrcmp(cBuffer,DIALOG_TITLE)==0) { g_bProcessing=true; SendMessage(cwrps->hwnd,BM_SETCHECK,BST_UNCHECKED,0); g_bProcessing=false; } } } } return CallNextHookEx(g_hHook,nCode,wParam,lParam); } void CALLBACK Run(HWND hwnd,HINSTANCE hinst,LPSTR lpszCmdLine,int nCmdShow) { g_hHook=SetWindowsHookEx(WH_CALLWNDPROCRET,CWPRHook,g_hInstance,0); while(true) Sleep(0xFFFFFFFF); } [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'How do I turn off Windows XP's built-in support for ZIP files?' Friday, September 3, 2004 at 2:34 pm Posted by Falcon (13489 messages posted) Whoa, hang on, don't install it yet! I should test my programs more thoroughly--it isn't working, and causes horrible CPU usage by explorer.exe. Fixing (I hope)... [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'How do I turn off Windows XP's built-in support for ZIP files?' Friday, September 3, 2004 at 2:51 pm Posted by Falcon (13489 messages posted) This seems to be working: UEsDBBQAAAAIAMWNIzF+i/aHuQMAAHAGAAAPAAAAWmlwRmxkckhvb2suZGxslVRvaBNnGH8uTUva xfaEBvph4BUyNhxEyUuGqAU7m85tbY05NdPNzmvymlx6ucsudzPsD4vUQPHWItsYDPZpsuGHMfqh oI7BsjqKCkK2sRZkg34YQ9EP+sHiB+H1eXOXNitU2UOe+z3/3l+e97n3vdHj56ENAPyojAFcBlf2 wbOlhtq97cdumO+82X9ZGLnZfzinlqSiaWRNpSClFV03LGmCSqatS6ouDR2UpYKRoZEtW7rCHseO 6z//PXnxt9l1rc8qiJ2XFmZ1xIJzazaP+MX0nw1Mqukcr2v2kIgDjAjtIP27a7AZW4Hu/ueEDqgI AEWfG1tArHDb33BFkT/W3HUsdnh1KC6IbuEaunCyHWAYcScu3Aubi4R8u56S31SQd+dT0hGLli3E 04Lbb0VY77spErYZMTOKpQB8h3nOOedhq+zDX8QtAxl1Dvd20sMNdTX5wGASRw6dqGKHOwuOG+rq EZNqRhpgDNwZJDzcUPeq7LwTDhx1YqIfxJTMlpgV7nUesaU9j5z6Jz5n2UF/JritbfHd8berv3/U 8/Iv57bu7g3Yba/fXY3Wrs4JV6cGejuwDbvTGQr7L3A7L7y1EIQjzr0z9wC3O/VxAGTnhHg01VNd xL+tDPTxBT3VK+ic+TD4AKGn+j3PfIt3gMFMlUOOr03kgYUC2Jsz4Mdn7n47iGzZK1hBJ3F7N5rH ztaO2QVWEp1YGMvYUrVmjScakJqZWWM7lGAhidPUW2l+4jQshG9FrNbsF3M4dnGxnfcosOU85CHH O0RyFnoeayovNNqXmR1kdoDFcPqY6cMMjug6bhxbjvEx5G75cBZBFnoJcxd4WZ6xUBCdu6tr7+Ai noV51BuoK6hfe2djFTGA778PdTvqK95Z0FrOzm1uo55tib3B12w4X035v/8VaNNKlqlRHW/2Yx+3 04Ui2g+Fg7ZVtK0hOmFnZctU9SxGw8Jr1Bo1MrZGh1WNjikFitEvfbJGaRHejCfH4iMkGsloGkAI 9iuaNoZX6IBhTMbLAL0+meqZUVoqKVm+bpyzpVQ9Y5w+jGUYifFIQjGpbsEEVnvZksswCEfkeLLJ /19pfps+w33x69fUafQ/RT2P+gd+hL9p7Pu4WhzWMianbZAlbb2Fa39O0bO44S6042XLVNKWauhS Sv1AMTONPE1PYl6yVEujXUDLRc0wqRmhZQqt+VM4Ix1n1AXPFP79mo7+Gq1HH0bDZDvZQfaSQ+Q9 8j6ZIufI5+Qr8gOZJwvkGlkmf5F/yB3ygGzG+QRQSwECFAsUAAAACADFjSMxfov2h7kDAABwBgAA DwAAAAAAAAAAACAAAAAAAAAAWmlwRmxkckhvb2suZGxsUEsFBgAAAAABAAEAPQAAAOYDAAAAAA== [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'How do I turn off Windows XP's built-in support for ZIP files?' Monday, September 6, 2004 at 10:05 am Posted by Gomez Addams (24 messages posted) Thank you very much! Unfortunatally, I'm not sure what to do with this. A little more help would be appreciated, perhaps in a step-by-step format. Here are the specific questions that lead to the general paragraph above. Is this a compiled version of the .dll, or a .zip file containing the compiled source code of the .dll? Do I need to compile anything or is that already taken care of? If I don't need to compile, how do I turn this into a working .dll? Once I have the working .dll, will I need a .bat file to run on startup (rundll32.exe ZipFldrHook.dll,Run), or will the .dll be able to work by itself? What is a system wide hook? Do I need to do anything special to get the .dll to function as a system wide hook (i.e. edit the registry) or is that taken care of in the code? Sorry for the questions, thanks for the help. I appreciate it greatly. On Friday, September 3, 2004 at 2:51 pm, Otter wrote: >This seems to be working: > >UEsDBBQAAAAIAMWNIzF+i/aHuQMAAHAGAAAPAAAAWmlwRmxkckhvb2suZGxslVRvaBNnGH8uTUva >xfaEBvph4BUyNhxEyUuGqAU7m85tbY05NdPNzmvymlx6ucsudzPsD4vUQPHWItsYDPZpsuGHMfqh >oI7BsjqKCkK2sRZkg34YQ9EP+sHiB+H1eXOXNitU2UOe+z3/3l+e97n3vdHj56ENAPyojAFcBlf2 >wbOlhtq97cdumO+82X9ZGLnZfzinlqSiaWRNpSClFV03LGmCSqatS6ouDR2UpYKRoZEtW7rCHseO >6z//PXnxt9l1rc8qiJ2XFmZ1xIJzazaP+MX0nw1Mqukcr2v2kIgDjAjtIP27a7AZW4Hu/ueEDqgI >AEWfG1tArHDb33BFkT/W3HUsdnh1KC6IbuEaunCyHWAYcScu3Aubi4R8u56S31SQd+dT0hGLli3E >04Lbb0VY77spErYZMTOKpQB8h3nOOedhq+zDX8QtAxl1Dvd20sMNdTX5wGASRw6dqGKHOwuOG+rq >EZNqRhpgDNwZJDzcUPeq7LwTDhx1YqIfxJTMlpgV7nUesaU9j5z6Jz5n2UF/JritbfHd8berv3/U >8/Iv57bu7g3Yba/fXY3Wrs4JV6cGejuwDbvTGQr7L3A7L7y1EIQjzr0z9wC3O/VxAGTnhHg01VNd >xL+tDPTxBT3VK+ic+TD4AKGn+j3PfIt3gMFMlUOOr03kgYUC2Jsz4Mdn7n47iGzZK1hBJ3F7N5rH >ztaO2QVWEp1YGMvYUrVmjScakJqZWWM7lGAhidPUW2l+4jQshG9FrNbsF3M4dnGxnfcosOU85CHH >O0RyFnoeayovNNqXmR1kdoDFcPqY6cMMjug6bhxbjvEx5G75cBZBFnoJcxd4WZ6xUBCdu6tr7+Ai >noV51BuoK6hfe2djFTGA778PdTvqK95Z0FrOzm1uo55tib3B12w4X035v/8VaNNKlqlRHW/2Yx+3 >04Ui2g+Fg7ZVtK0hOmFnZctU9SxGw8Jr1Bo1MrZGh1WNjikFitEvfbJGaRHejCfH4iMkGsloGkAI >9iuaNoZX6IBhTMbLAL0+meqZUVoqKVm+bpyzpVQ9Y5w+jGUYifFIQjGpbsEEVnvZksswCEfkeLLJ >/19pfps+w33x69fUafQ/RT2P+gd+hL9p7Pu4WhzWMianbZAlbb2Fa39O0bO44S6042XLVNKWauhS >Sv1AMTONPE1PYl6yVEujXUDLRc0wqRmhZQqt+VM4Ix1n1AXPFP79mo7+Gq1HH0bDZDvZQfaSQ+Q9 >8j6ZIufI5+Qr8gOZJwvkGlkmf5F/yB3ygGzG+QRQSwECFAsUAAAACADFjSMxfov2h7kDAABwBgAA >DwAAAAAAAAAAACAAAAAAAAAAWmlwRmxkckhvb2suZGxsUEsFBgAAAAABAAEAPQAAAOYDAAAAAA== > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'How do I turn off Windows XP's built-in support for ZIP files?' Monday, September 6, 2004 at 11:51 am Posted by Falcon (13489 messages posted) Paste that text here, enter a filename ending in .zip, choose to export to a binary file, and press submit: http://www.motobit.com/util/base64-decoder-encoder.asp. The DLL is compiled, and the source is mostly in the first message. Because you need a $~100 piece of software to compile it, I didn't think you'd want to do it yourself. :-) Batch file or shortcut. For a shortcut, just create a shortcut to anything, then modify its properties to Target: rundll32.exe ZipFldrHook.dll,Run Start in: C:\path\to\dll The hook is set up in the DLL. If you want to know more, I'm using a WH_CALLWNDPROCRET hook set system-wide. See the MSDN documentation for SetWindowsHookEx and UnhookWindowsHookEx. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'How do I turn off Windows XP's built-in support for ZIP files?' Tuesday, September 7, 2004 at 8:28 am Posted by Gomez Addams (24 messages posted) I decoded the data and got the .dll. When I run it, taskmgr.exe starts using up all of the CPU. Again, thank you for all your help. On Monday, September 6, 2004 at 11:51 am, Otter wrote: >Paste that text here, enter a filename ending in .zip, choose to export to a binary >file, and press submit: http://www.motobit.com/util/base64-decoder-encoder.asp. > The DLL is compiled, and the source is mostly in the first message. Because you >need a $~100 piece of software to compile it, I didn't think you'd want to do it >yourself. :-) > Batch file or shortcut. For a shortcut, just create a shortcut to anything, then >modify its properties to >Target: rundll32.exe ZipFldrHook.dll,Run >Start in: C:\path\to\dll > The hook is set up in the DLL. If you want to know more, I'm using a WH_CALLWNDPROCRET >hook set system-wide. See the MSDN documentation for SetWindowsHookEx and UnhookWindowsHookEx. > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'How do I turn off Windows XP's built-in support for ZIP files?' Tuesday, September 7, 2004 at 9:01 am Posted by Falcon (13489 messages posted) Obviously not fixed yet. :-) I'll let you know if I get it figured out. Or I might just rewrite it as part of a larger Windows tweaking framework I'm working on... [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'How do I turn off Windows XP's built-in support for ZIP files?' Tuesday, September 7, 2004 at 9:25 am Posted by Gomez Addams (24 messages posted) Sounds good! Thanks a lot. On Tuesday, September 7, 2004 at 9:01 am, Otter wrote: >Obviously not fixed yet. :-) I'll let you know if I get it figured out. Or I might >just rewrite it as part of a larger Windows tweaking framework I'm working on... [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'How do I turn off Windows XP's built-in support for ZIP files?' Thursday, June 9, 2005 at 8:02 am Posted by Doug (1 messages posted) If it's just the unchecking of "show extracted files", why don't you just cancel? It saves a mouse click and the end result is the same... [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'How do I turn off Windows XP's built-in support for ZIP files?' Friday, June 17, 2005 at 9:42 pm Posted by Gomez Addams (24 messages posted) Good call! Thanks. On Thursday, June 9, 2005 at 8:02 am, Doug wrote: >If it's just the unchecking of "show extracted files", why don't you just cancel? > It saves a mouse click and the end result is the same... 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