Comments on: Disable Zip Folders in Windows 7, Vista, XP

By: DraggonLord

DraggonLord — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 03:30:59 +0000

Sorry, guess I should have mentioned for Windows 7.

By: DraggonLord

DraggonLord — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 03:28:51 +0000

This is nice article, nice that you keep it up.

But, you should update it to show the regedt32.exe in the systems32 folder, ran as an administrator can import those vista reg files.

1.open the above File as admin
2.Click File(top left corner)
3.Click Import
4.Find the Reg File.

Beats Looking through the registry for those CLSID

By: Jerry Zorge

Jerry Zorge — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 19:15:53 +0000

Re-enabling zip folders is easy when you make a backup of the two registry entries first: right-click the key, choose the option Export, and save as whatever.reg. The Export range should be Selected branch HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{0CD7A5C0-9F37-11CE-AE65-08002B2E1262} and HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{E88DCCE0-B7B3-11d1-A9F0-00AA0060FA31}.

Re-enable by double-clicking the keys, and Yes to import.

Log off and on again, and it works as before.

By: Allan Wegan

Allan Wegan — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 00:42:53 +0000

There is a simple and more brutal way, that even works on Windows 7 x64:
- Take ownership of system32/zipfldr.dll .
- Remove all rights for all users to the file (makes it unaccessible).
- Kill all explorer processes.
- Start a new explorer to get your taskbar back.

No restart required.