Vista - ZIP File Support - Restore

Brink
when i right click zip folder I dont get compressedfolder at the top I just get OPEN then EXPLORE like richi had.

Im a bit lost in what richl changed in his registry a bit to hard for me.
but you say you have updated the reg.fie What reg.file ,and were do i down load it from.

john

John,

It will just be the same download in step 1 of this tutorial to get the updated reg file.

ive just downloaded the reg.file and ran it, still the same problem.

john

I'm sorry to hear that. I'm nout sure what is still causing this for you, but I guess it's still 7-Zip until the next reinstall then.

i am trying to correct this problem but when i go to download the file it wont download and leaves me with zipfix_vista.download file which i cannot download
i have also tried the other link to restoring the default vista file extension type association but this leaves me with the problem of being unable to unzip the file as it comes up with adobe reader
anything i can do?

Hello Villamad, and welcome to Vista Forums.

I changed the other link to be a REG file instead of a ZIP.

Are you getting a error or message for why you cannot download the REG file here? Sometimes a antivirus program may block it. You might temporarily disable it to see if you can download it afterwards.

Hope this helps for now,
Shawn

OMGosh Brink you are a total life-saver. I somehow got my setting changed on opening zip-files to my PhotoShop Elements program and spent over 3 hours trying to find how to fix it, when I happened upon this thread thru a Google search. I downloaded the link on how to restore the zip file support and I'm now back in business. I've bookmarked this site so if I have any other problems with my system in the future, I'll know where to go first.

Thanks so much for your easy to understand tutorials for those of us that don't have a programing degree!

teri

You're most welcome Teri, and welcome to Vista Forums.

sorry about my stupid post
i was using a different web browser like an idiot haha
thanks for the fix tho
amazin and very helpful now i can use it again
thanks a lot

laurence

You're welcome Laurence. I'm happy to hear that you got it sorted.