Windows 7 - Zip - Extracted Files Window - Enable or Disable

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By default, when you either right click on a Zip file and click on Extract All or open the zip file and click on the Extract all files command bar button to extract the files, you will have a Windows Explorer window open afterwards showing the extracted files where you extracted them at.

This tutorial will show you how to either enable or disable this Windows Explorer window from opening and showing the extracted files after you have extracted all of them from the Zip file in only your user account in Windows 7 or Vista.

1. To Show Extracted Files
NOTE: This is the default setting.

A) Click on the Download button below to download the file below.

Extract_and_Show_Files.reg

B) Go to step 3.

2. To Not Show Extracted Files

A) Click on the Download button below to download the file below.

Extract_and_NOT_Show_Files.reg

3. Click on Save, and save the .reg file to the Desktop.

4. Right click on the downloaded .reg file and click on Merge.
NOTE: You can also double click on the .reg file to merge it instead.

5. Click on the Run, Yes (UAC-Windows 7) or Continue (UAC-Vista), Yes, and OK when prompted to approve.

6. When done, you can delete the downloaded .reg file if you would like to.

1. Open the Start Menu, type regedit in the search box, and press Enter.

2. If prompted by UAC, then click on Yes (Windows 7) or Continue (Vista).

3. In regedit, navigate to the location below. (see screenshot below)

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\ExtractionWizard

4. In the right pane of ExtractionWizard, double click on ShowFiles, then do either step 5 or 6 below for what you would like to do. (see screenshot above)

5. To Show Extracted Files
NOTE: This is the default setting.

A) Type in 1, and click on OK. (see screenshot below)

B) Go to step 7.

6. To Not Show Extracted Files

A) Type in 0 (zero), and click on OK. (see screenshot below step 5A)

B) Go to step 7.

7. Close regedit.