just_laze Posted December 30, 2006 Share Posted December 30, 2006 Hello,I'd like to disable Windows Zip Functionality as rumour suggest it 'speeds up' the copying/moving of zip-files within Windows.During cmdlines.txt I remove the below keys:[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.zip\CompressedFolder][-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{E88DCCE0-B7B3-11d1-A9F0-00AA0060FA31}][-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CompressedFolder]However, when Windows loads and I run regedit.exe the above keys still exist and Windows Zip Functionality works as expected. Even when I delete the above keys manually, Windows Zip Functionality is not effected.Can anyone offer me a solution please?I have 7-Zip Installed and no longer require Window's built-in functionality, I would like all references to it removed from my system without the use of nLite.laze. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tim Posted December 30, 2006 Share Posted December 30, 2006 You have to un-register the ZIPFLDR dll like this:regsvr32 /u %windir%\system32\zipfldr.dll Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
just_laze Posted December 30, 2006 Author Share Posted December 30, 2006 Hi,And with that done, is removing the registry entries no longer important?laze. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Camarade_Tux Posted December 30, 2006 Share Posted December 30, 2006 Exactly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
just_laze Posted December 30, 2006 Author Share Posted December 30, 2006 (edited) Right,And I will no longer see references to it, for example "right click > new > compressed zip folder"?laze. Edited December 30, 2006 by just_laze Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tim Posted December 31, 2006 Share Posted December 31, 2006 And I will no longer see references to it, for example "right click > new > compressed zip folder"?Yup, the reg entries and the right click item will be gone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
just_laze Posted December 31, 2006 Author Share Posted December 31, 2006 Hello,It appears the registry tweak was working to begin with. The reason Zip Functionality returned was 7-Zip had no file assocation to *.zip files, If I created a dummy *.zip file the *.dll would re-register itself and Windows Zip Functionality would return.laze. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tim Posted December 31, 2006 Share Posted December 31, 2006 If I created a dummy *.zip file the *.dll would re-register itself and Windows Zip Functionality would return.Yeah sorry should have mentioned that. You need to immediately assign the .ZIP extention to 7ZIP (or alternate) to stop it re-registering that DLL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Camarade_Tux Posted December 31, 2006 Share Posted December 31, 2006 Use regsvr32 /u. Then delete or rename zipfldr.dll. (don't bother renaming or deleting if you have SFC on) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
just_laze Posted December 31, 2006 Author Share Posted December 31, 2006 Hello,Thank you to everyone who contributed to this thread.I have SFC enabled, I don't want 'hacked files' as part of my installation, assigning *.zip to 7-Zip immediately (as tim suggested) has the same effect.Cheers.laze. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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