archive | Techerator https://techerator.com Techerator is an excellent source of tips, guides, and reviews about software, web apps, technology, mobile phones, and computers. Mon, 01 Jun 2009 14:22:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 7158109 How To: Restore Built-In Zip File Integration in Windows XP https://techerator.com/2009/05/how-to-restore-built-in-zip-file-integrat/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-to-restore-built-in-zip-file-integrat https://techerator.com/2009/05/how-to-restore-built-in-zip-file-integrat/#comments Tue, 26 May 2009 21:33:42 +0000 http://44.229.110.106/?p=1366 Have you ever used a new computer and found, to your dismay, that a 3rd-party shareware program (such as WinZip) was currently set to handle compressed .zip files?  Windows XP already has built-in .zip file integration, so unless you’ve decided to replace it with a program such as 7-zip, it is usually best to let […]

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]]> restorexpzipHave you ever used a new computer and found, to your dismay, that a 3rd-party shareware program (such as WinZip) was currently set to handle compressed .zip files?  Windows XP already has built-in .zip file integration, so unless you’ve decided to replace it with a program such as 7-zip, it is usually best to let Windows handle those files.

To restore Windows XP’s built-in .zip file handling:

  1. Click your Start Menu and select Run.
  2. In the dialog box that appears, enter REGSVR32 ZIPFLDR.DLL and press enter.  Click OK in the notification that appears.
  3. If this did not work, open the Run dialog again and enter: cmd /c assoc .zip=CompressedFolder and press enter.

When you open a .zip file in the future, it will now open with Windows XP’s built-in software.

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