Zip File is Folder?

Why does Windows Ultimate call a .zip file a folder?
When I go to delete a .zip it asks if I want to delete a folder.
This is very confusing and makes me think I am deleting more than I want.

It's a type of folder, with files inside it. One thing to remember about
this business is that you can't make everybody happy at once.

Earle

"Lorin" <> wrote in message
news:CA04DCA8-F4F4-4488-901C-...
> Why does Windows Ultimate call a .zip file a folder?
> When I go to delete a .zip it asks if I want to delete a folder.
> This is very confusing and makes me think I am deleting more than I want.
>

Earle Horton wrote:
> It's a type of folder, with files inside it. One thing to remember about
> this business is that you can't make everybody happy at once.
>
> Earle
>
> "Lorin" <> wrote in message
> news:CA04DCA8-F4F4-4488-901C-...
>> Why does Windows Ultimate call a .zip file a folder?
>> When I go to delete a .zip it asks if I want to delete a folder.
>> This is very confusing and makes me think I am deleting more than I want.
>>
>
>
Yeah, they kinda took ZIP functionality and extended it to the file
system. Neat how you can open a zip file without extracting the contents.

Gets confusing; when you have a directory with the same name though.

James