Windows 7: Zip Folders - Enable or Disable Windows Explorer View

barney · 18 Jun 2009

Shawn this is great I asked for this solution very early on and I can see why it took some working out!
As we could'nt find a solution I found a new work practise I access all my zip and rar file folders via a Favorites shortcut which takes out the explorer view giving me access to single archives without the elongation.

best

barney

OEM · 18 Jun 2009

Nice work Shawn, ...one less thing now on the "to do" list for you, one more thing for me.

Brink · 18 Jun 2009

LOL, you're welcome Barnet and OEM.

I was sitting there scratching my head as to why it would work in Vista and not in Windows 7 when they were the same registry entries when I noticed that the owner was now TrustedInstalled in Windows 7. It turned out to be nothing more than a permissions issue that taking ownership of the registry key first fixed.

tannim · 18 Jun 2009

Well, it worked after I went through the entire registry and deleted every instance of {0CD7A5C0-9F37-11CE-AE65-08002B2E1262} after taking ownership of the cab and zip things.

Now if I could just get rid of that anoying task bar popup with all the windows for each program that is open in it with the X to close any of them. I hate that thing.

Brink · 18 Jun 2009

Hello Tannim,

I'm happy to hear that you got the Zip folders sorted. Unfortunately, the only way to remove the taskbar thumbnails is this below.

Taskbar Thumbnail Previews - Enable or Disable

cskevint · 28 Sep 2009

Does this process need to be modified at all for 64-bit?

I'm pretty sure I followed the instructions correctly but it didn't work for me. I also looked for all occurrences of

{0CD7A5C0-9F37-11CE-AE65-08002B2E1262}

And deleted those as well.

Brink · 28 Sep 2009

Hello Cskevint, and welcome to Seven Forums.

Yes, this is the same for both the 32-bit and 64-bit Windows 7. Did you also delete the {E88DCCE0-B7B3-11d1-A9F0-00AA0060FA31} key?

If you have, log off and log on to see if it works afterwards.

cskevint · 28 Sep 2009

Thanks Brink. That's exactly what the issue was. I wasn't deleting {E88DCCE0-B7B3-11d1-A9F0-00AA0060FA31}. For some reason it wasn't clear to me that I needed to delete that one as well. Thanks for the help.

Brink · 28 Sep 2009

You're welcome Cskevint. I added a note to help avoid that. :)