I told you after 20 years here, and all "conscious life" doing technical
stuff in general, I am probably not stupid?
If you're here to play name-calling game, you may've confused Microsoft
support forum with kindergarten & you're up against vast majority who agree
with me.
Vista is a step backwards vs. WinXP, companies like Dell, IBM, etc. have
been LOSING money and downgrading back to WinXP for awhile and Win7 is to a
large degree an urgent fix for Vista rather an "update" for new hardwares
e.g. SSD's, etc..
If it wasn't for Vista's fiasco, Win7 may've been releaased later, Vista is
a hotplate on which Microsoft has been frying for 2 years.
It is precisely the reason Linux gained and many are so eager to get
Windows7 to see if all the talk about "going back to basics" is true.
Make no mistake, I love Windows & will ge tmy hands on Win7 OEM the day it
comes ou ton October22, but let's provide pracitcal solutions to customers
here instead of theoretical discussions.
Academia is OK for fundamental science, I am here to help, not to "duscuss".
Here's Annoyance# 48754745329234:
I said we're annoyed by Vista's handling of ZIP folders. You say "disable
it". How? You can do that in 1 minute in WinXP, but not Vista, did you
forget it's now WinXP?
Vista assumes users are idiots and hides these controls deep inside
Registry. Associating ZIp with a REAL handler like WinRAR does nothing -
folders are
still handled as Vista desires, and only when you click-run to open them,
then WnRAR or whuchever your Application of Choice (for .zip) is , kicks in
& opens it.
However all other behaviors are unchanged. Now there's a solution:
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How do I turn off Compressed Folders (built-in support for ZIP files) in
Windows Vista and XP?
Intended For
Windows Vista
Windows XP
Windows 2003
By default, Windows Vista and Windows XP treats ZIP files like folders. If
you're not familiar with ZIP files, this can be convenient. However, if
you've already got a utility in place to manage your ZIP files (such as
WinZip), this new feature can just get in the way. For example, Windows will
look inside ZIP files when using the Search tool, a process that not only
causes searches to take longer, but one that may cause incomplete
information to be displayed in the In Folder column of the search results.
Worse, ZIP files show up in the folder tree in Windows Vista, which looks
like a big mess whenever you view a folder full of them. Naturally,
Microsoft hasn't provided any easy way to turn this feature off. Here's
how to do it:
Windows Vista
Open the Registry Editor (regedit.exe).
Navigate to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID
Delete this key:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{E88DCCE0-B7B3-11d1-A9F0-00AA0060FA31}
Delete this key:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{0CD7A5C0-9F37-11CE-AE65-08002B2E1262}
Restart Windows (the change won't take effect until you do).
If, at any time, you wish to re-enable Windows Vista's built-in ZIP support,
restore those keys, which obviously means you should save .REG file before
deleting. Even if you forget or lose in the future these are common Keys
you can probably Google for (defaults). There's a utiility someone wrote
which either removes or restores both keys, thereby removing or restoring
Vista's built-in ZIP handling.
Compare to Windows XP
Turn it off:
Select Run from the Start Menu.
Type regsvr32 /u %windir%\system32\zipfldr.dll at the prompt, and click OK.
The change will take effect immediately.
If you wish to re-enable Windows XP's built-in ZIP support,
just follow these steps:
Select Run from the Start Menu. Type regsvr32 %windir%\system32\zipfldr.dll
at the prompt, and click Ok.
The change will take effect immediately.
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