QUERY ABOUT WINXP PRO SEARCHING

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Joe Mc C

Is there an option in Winxp Pro which will do the
following:-

I have a large archive folder (50Gb)
When I want to search for files I would like to exclude
searching within ZIP files,which XP seems to treat as
folders.
Is there a setting somewhere that I can check to exclude
these from the search?

Thanks
Joe
 
Joe said:
Is there an option in Winxp Pro which will do the
following:-

I have a large archive folder (50Gb)
When I want to search for files I would like to exclude
searching within ZIP files,which XP seems to treat as
folders.
Is there a setting somewhere that I can check to exclude
these from the search?
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At a command prompt enter the following:

regsvr32.exe /u zipfldr.dll

This will turn off XP's ability to search in zip files. To turn it back
on:

regsvr32.exe zipfldr.dll
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Tom Porterfield
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Tom
Your a genius. Take a bow
You have even speeded up the searching with this command.
This has been a problem for me for a long while.

Gratefully yours
Joe Mc Cafferty
 
Joe said:
Tom
Your a genius. Take a bow
You have even speeded up the searching with this command.
This has been a problem for me for a long while.
Click to expand...

Glad I could help.
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Tom Porterfield
MS-MVP MCE
http://support.telop.org

Please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup only.
 
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