I don't have many .zip files, so the XP built-in support for them doesn't bother me. What bothers me is having to uncheck 'Show extracted files' everytime I uncompress a .zip. Is there a way to change it so that this box is unchecked by default?

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use winrar

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Unfortunately, it isn't easy.

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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.
>

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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.

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I might just do it whether or not you want it, because that box drives me crazy, too. :-)

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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:
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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);
}

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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)...

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This seems to be working:
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==

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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==
>

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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.

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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.
>

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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...

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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...

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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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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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