Vista not recognizing ZIPs

My Vista Home Basic setup doesn't recognize and open Zip files.

I had Winrar installed and it was associating with ZIPs. Now I have
removed it and ZIPs don't associate with anything and won't open.

Hello Robin,

These two tutorials will help show you how to restore the default ZIP
handler used by Vista.

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/65...ile-vista.html

and

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/93...d-folders.html

Hope this helps,
Shawn

Robin Hardy-King;826339 Wrote:
> My Vista Home Basic setup doesn't recognize and open Zip files.
>
> I had Winrar installed and it was associating with ZIPs. Now I have
> removed it and ZIPs don't associate with anything and won't open.


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"Robin Hardy-King" <> wrote in message
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> My Vista Home Basic setup doesn't recognize and open Zip files.
>
> I had Winrar installed and it was associating with ZIPs. Now I have
> removed it and ZIPs don't associate with anything and won't open.

Hi Robin,

Download and apply the .zip association fix here:

File association fixes for Windows Vista:
http://www.winhelponline.com/article...ows-Vista.html

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Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
The Winhelponline Blog http://www.winhelponline.com/blog


"Robin Hardy-King" <> wrote in message
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> My Vista Home Basic setup doesn't recognize and open Zip files.
>
> I had Winrar installed and it was associating with ZIPs. Now I have
> removed it and ZIPs don't associate with anything and won't open.

Robin Hardy-King <> wrote in news:0311eba0$0$21249
$:

> My Vista Home Basic setup doesn't recognize and open Zip files.
>
> I had Winrar installed and it was associating with ZIPs. Now I have
> removed it and ZIPs don't associate with anything and won't open.
>

Thanks to all who replied. I actually used Ramesh's solution.

I have a licence for WinZip but I like to have the ZIPs open natively in
Windows, so I don't use it any more.

You're welcome Robin.

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Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
The Winhelponline Blog http://www.winhelponline.com/blog


"Rob" <> wrote in message
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> Robin Hardy-King <> wrote in news:0311eba0$0$21249
> $:
>
>> My Vista Home Basic setup doesn't recognize and open Zip files.
>>
>> I had Winrar installed and it was associating with ZIPs. Now I have
>> removed it and ZIPs don't associate with anything and won't open.
>>
>
> Thanks to all who replied. I actually used Ramesh's solution.
>
> I have a licence for WinZip but I like to have the ZIPs open natively in
> Windows, so I don't use it any more.