Vista - how do you restore default behaviour for Zip (other) file types?

[Mike]

Hi all,

I broke my nice clean re-installation of Vista Ultimate after hours of
effort. Major bummer.

Perhaps I'm overly tired and have been looking for a solution too long
(nearly 1am here - 6 hours later . I can't find a simple way to 'undo' or
'reverse' (whatever you call it) the way that Vista's explorer handles ZIP
files.

I'd like to fix things so that when I see a ZIP file in explorer the icon
looks as it did originally (a neat little zipped folder). I'd like the
context menu (right click) option of being able to extract the file to ...
wherever. And I'd like to look inside the ZIP file ... without causing
explorer to crash and burn all the time.

I've used ZIPGENIUS (quite a useful utility ...
http://www.zipgenius.it/eng/index.php) quite happily for a few years.
Although it is a free utility, it works as designed and gets the job done
well.

For some reason, I decided against including the program in my pristine
installation ... ready for saving as a cloned image. I noticed that the ZIP
files no longer had either the Zipgenious icon or the default Vista icon.
Also, when I paused the mouse over the file ... Vista (explorer) crashed.
No reason given ... most of the time and not all of the time.

This should be a trivial matter ... returning Vista to its default file
handling procedure but it's beyond me. Never been brilliant at playing
around in the registry ... as in, things work better when I leave it alone
I found the following (file called: zipfix_vista.reg) in WinHelpOnline
(www.winhelponline.com) and it's repeated across a number of alternate
sites: same file name and so far as I can tell, the same registry entries.

Before I potentially make things worse, could someone please point me
towards a website / reference that shows us how to restore Visa to it's
default file handling ways? I'm not clever enough to tell if the registry
entries (below) are the 'solution' or a disaster in waiting.

All help gratefully accepted

Kindest regards,

Mike
Australia


Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.zip]
"PerceivedType"="compressed"
"Content Type"="application/x-zip-compressed"
@="CompressedFolder"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.zip\CompressedFolder]

[-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.zip\UserChoice]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.zip\CompressedFolder\ShellNew]
"Data"=hex:50,4b,05,06,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00
"ItemName"=hex(2):40,00,25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,\
6f,00,74,00,25,00,5c,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,\
00,7a,00,69,00,70,00,66,00,6c,00,64,00,72,00,2e,00,64,00,6c,00,6c,00,2c,00,\
2d,00,31,00,30,00,31,00,39,00,34,00,00,00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.zip\OpenWithProgids]
"CompressedFolder"=""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.zip\PersistentHandler]
@="{098f2470-bae0-11cd-b579-08002b30bfeb}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CompressedFolder]
@="Compressed (zipped) Folder"
"FriendlyTypeName"=hex(2):40,00,25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,\
00,6f,00,6f,00,74,00,25,00,5c,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,\
32,00,5c,00,7a,00,69,00,70,00,66,00,6c,00,64,00,72,00,2e,00,64,00,6c,00,6c,\
00,2c,00,2d,00,31,00,30,00,31,00,39,00,35,00,00,00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CompressedFolder\CLSID]
@="{E88DCCE0-B7B3-11d1-A9F0-00AA0060FA31}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CompressedFolder\DefaultIcon]
@=hex(2):25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,00,74,00,25,\
00,5c,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,7a,00,69,00,\
70,00,66,00,6c,00,64,00,72,00,2e,00,64,00,6c,00,6c,00,00,00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CompressedFolder\shell]
@="none"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CompressedFolder\shell\find]
"SuppressionPolicy"=dword:00000080

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CompressedFolder\shell\find\command]
@=hex(2):25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,00,74,00,25,\
00,5c,00,45,00,78,00,70,00,6c,00,6f,00,72,00,65,00,72,00,2e,00,65,00,78,00,\
65,00,00,00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CompressedFolder\shell\find\ddeexec]
@="[FindFolder(\"%l\", %I)]"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CompressedFolder\shell\find\ddeexec\application]
@="Folders"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CompressedFolder\shell\find\ddeexec\topic]
@="AppProperties"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CompressedFolder\shell\Open]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CompressedFolder\shell\Open\Command]
@=hex(2):25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,00,74,00,25,\
00,5c,00,45,00,78,00,70,00,6c,00,6f,00,72,00,65,00,72,00,2e,00,65,00,78,00,\
65,00,20,00,2f,00,69,00,64,00,6c,00,69,00,73,00,74,00,2c,00,25,00,49,00,2c,\
00,25,00,4c,00,00,00
"DelegateExecute"="{11dbb47c-a525-400b-9e80-a54615a090c0}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CompressedFolder\ShellEx]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CompressedFolder\ShellEx\ContextMenuHandlers]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CompressedFolder\ShellEx\ContextMenuHandlers\{b8cdcb65-b1bf-4b42-9428-1dfdb7ee92af}]
@="Compressed (zipped) Folder Menu"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CompressedFolder\ShellEx\DropHandler]
@="{ed9d80b9-d157-457b-9192-0e7280313bf0}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CompressedFolder\ShellEx\StorageHandler]
@="{E88DCCE0-B7B3-11d1-A9F0-00AA0060FA31}"

 

[Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WM]

"Mike" <mcullet@live.com.au> wrote in message
news:A090FF1A-5ACF-4961-87E5-963FBCB513B4@microsoft.com...
> Hi all,
>
> I broke my nice clean re-installation of Vista Ultimate after hours of
> effort. Major bummer.
>
> Perhaps I'm overly tired and have been looking for a solution too long
> (nearly 1am here - 6 hours later . I can't find a simple way to 'undo'
> or 'reverse' (whatever you call it) the way that Vista's explorer handles
> ZIP files.
>
> I'd like to fix things so that when I see a ZIP file in explorer the icon
> looks as it did originally (a neat little zipped folder). I'd like the
> context menu (right click) option of being able to extract the file to ...
> wherever. And I'd like to look inside the ZIP file ... without causing
> explorer to crash and burn all the time.


In the Run box (WinKey+R), type
regsvr32 zipfldr.dll

--
Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WM
Do not reply with email

 

[Mike]

"Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WM" <franksaunders@mvps.org> wrote in message
news:3B62757B-71BE-46D6-B603-FFD15445F58C@microsoft.com...
[..... snip ....]
>> Perhaps I'm overly tired and have been looking for a solution too long
>> (nearly 1am here - 6 hours later . I can't find a simple way to 'undo'
>> or 'reverse' (whatever you call it) the way that Vista's explorer handles
>> ZIP files.
>>
>> I'd like to fix things so that when I see a ZIP file in explorer the icon
>> looks as it did originally (a neat little zipped folder). I'd like the
>> context menu (right click) option of being able to extract the file to
>> ... wherever. And I'd like to look inside the ZIP file ... without
>> causing explorer to crash and burn all the time.
>
>
> In the Run box (WinKey+R), type
> regsvr32 zipfldr.dll
>
> --
> Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WM


Hi Frank,

Thank you for taking the time to help me.

I saw that (regsvr32 zipfldr.dll) somewhere in my research ... once or
twice. Now that you pointed me in the right direction (regsvr32
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/249873) I can look at this in more detail.
I provided the MS link because it contained more generic info (and usage)
for regsvr32.

I prefer to learn from events such as this ... part self interest and part
as a mark of respect to those who help (educate) me. I am certain I saw
"zipfldr" mentioned somewhere in Vista but can't recall where ... one of the
settings that are accessible under administrator.

For completeness, I found an entry in Wikipedia (not normally my first point
of reference for this sort of thing) which points to useful technical links,
including MS Technet papers / articles.

I found this thread on MS technet
(http://blogs.technet.com/markrussin...intermittent-and-annoying-explorer-hangs.aspx)
which, among other things, seems to identify similar explorer behaviour as
I'm experiencing ... It's an interesting discussion and while I can follow
some of it, it's well over my head ... for others who might be interested.

While I understand that by following your instruction I'll set things right,
do you believe this is the 'cause' of the intermittent explorer crashes?
And, if so, will that too be 'fixed'?

Just trying to make certain these issues have nothing to do with the horde
of recent updates for Office and Vista Ultimate ... and trying to learn

Cheers and thanks again,

Mike