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What th-? XP zip function disabled/deleted? (Read 243 times)

Jan 11^th, 2009 at 5:33pm

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Old "Build #1" has had some issues lately, just with internet browsing, really, but just yesterday I discovered that I can no longer zip/unzip fles with the built-in XP utility. Angry

I've looked for a fix online, but not quite sure if anyhting I've found pertains to this problem exactly.
I have tried searching the registry, but not sure exactly what to look for... anybody ever had this specific problem?

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Reply #1 - Jan 11^th, 2009 at 5:39pm

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Has another program associated itself with zipfiles?

This happened to me once. I found a little fix for it somewhere. I'll hunt round for it if this is your problem.

PS. Here you go. The file at the bottom of the list.* http://www.dougknox.com/xp/file_assoc.htm

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Reply #2 - Jan 11^th, 2009 at 6:01pm

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I ran this when mine did that 'regsvr32 zipfldr.dll' that worked for ME.
somehow it got turned off. Or you could always use 7zip.

&&Specs&&E6300, 3 gigs 800 Ram, 8800GT oc, 400gig Sata drive, Windows XP Pro 64 Bit..

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Reply #3 - Jan 11^th, 2009 at 7:10pm

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Use Peazip, cute fast and does all zip file types, doesn't add 10 things when you right click something Cheesy

And it's free Cheesy

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Reply #4 - Jan 12^th, 2009 at 4:28am

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Mazza wrote on Jan 11^th, 2009 at 7:10pm:

Use Peazip, cute fast and does all zip file types, doesn't add 10 things when you right click something Cheesy

And it's free Cheesy

There's a lot of free alternative extraction software, some better than others. However, it's handy to have the Windows utility up & working. The little reg tweak from my link should fix that.

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