Missing "Send to Compressed folder" function

[Guest]

My PC at home (XP Pro) has a right mouse click option in Windows Explorer
"send to" and and option to "create a compressed file or folder".

My office PC (running XP as well) doesn't have this option for some reason.
Can it be enabled, and if so how?

Thanks

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Your drive must be formatted NTFS.

CONVERTING FAT32 to NTFS in Windows XP
http://aumha.org/win5/a/ntfscvt.htm

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows - Shell/User
Microsoft Community Newsgroups
news://msnews.microsoft.com/

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| My PC at home (XP Pro) has a right mouse click option in Windows Explorer
| "send to" and and option to "create a compressed file or folder".
|
| My office PC (running XP as well) doesn't have this option for some reason.
| Can it be enabled, and if so how?
|
| Thanks

 

[Guest]

Just to understand more fully:
I am trying to Zip files and folders, not compress the disk.

In order to use the inbuilt XP zip function (compress) do I need to fiddle
with the drive format (NTFS) which on my work PC, I definately can't?

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Restore missing "Compressed (zipped) Folder" option to the Send To menu:
http://www.winhelponline.com/articl...pped)-Folder"-option-to-the-Send-To-menu

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Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


Just to understand more fully:
I am trying to Zip files and folders, not compress the disk.

In order to use the inbuilt XP zip function (compress) do I need to fiddle
with the drive format (NTFS) which on my work PC, I definately can't?

 

[Guest]

Thanks 100% the correct answer...

Click Start, Run and type this command: rundll32 zipfldr.dll,RegisterSendto

and problem solved - case closed

Restore missing "Compressed (zipped) Folder" option to the Send To menu:
http://www.winhelponline.com/articl...pped)-Folder"-option-to-the-Send-To-menu

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


Just to understand more fully:
I am trying to Zip files and folders, not compress the disk.

In order to use the inbuilt XP zip function (compress) do I need to fiddle
with the drive format (NTFS) which on my work PC, I definately can't?

Your drive must be formatted NTFS.

CONVERTING FAT32 to NTFS in Windows XP
http://aumha.org/win5/a/ntfscvt.htm

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows - Shell/User
Microsoft Community Newsgroups
news://msnews.microsoft.com/

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:

| My PC at home (XP Pro) has a right mouse click option in Windows
Explorer
| "send to" and and option to "create a compressed file or folder".
|
| My office PC (running XP as well) doesn't have this option for some
reason.
| Can it be enabled, and if so how?
|
| Thanks

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

You're welcome.

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


Thanks 100% the correct answer...

Click Start, Run and type this command: rundll32 zipfldr.dll,RegisterSendto

and problem solved - case closed