Disable built-in support for zip files in Windows

Thursday, May 11, 2006
I am tired of waiting for Windows Explorer to load and cache every zip file in the folder I am trying to display. So, John sent this to me:

http://www.windowsnetworking.com/kbase/WindowsTips/WindowsXP/RegistryTips/Disable-Hide/DisableWindowsXPsbuiltinzipsupport.html

In short, run the following command to disable it:

regsvr32 /u %windir%\system32\zipfldr.dll

But, you'll need to rename or delete the zipfldr.dll file to make it permanent, see Chris' comments at the end of the article.


Maybe I'll go searching for a setting to disable checking if every network share is connected when I haven't clicked on them.. ?
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