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Hi all,

I've suddenly lost my ability to unzip files.

Vista (business) doesn't seem to have an associated program, and I don't
know where to find it. Anyone know?

I don't really want to shell out 40 smackers for winzip if I don't have to.

I was able to decompress when I had XP, anyone know what happened?
 
Waistcoat

You didn't give any details about where you are looking? Right click a .zip
file and you should see an item called "Extract All" on the pop-up menu.
 
Thanks Ramesh. That fixed it! Why doesn't Windows Update fix common
problems like this?

Ramesh said:
The .zip file association fix is available here:
http://www.winhelponline.com/articles/105/1/

--
Regards,

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


That's just it! There is NO "Extract All" option!

Ronnie Vernon MVP said:
Waistcoat

You didn't give any details about where you are looking? Right click a ..zip
file and you should see an item called "Extract All" on the pop-up menu.

--

Ronnie Vernon
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
You're welcome Wayne.

Good idea. As long as it does not interfere with the user's preferences (file assoc), then it\'s fine.

--
Regards,

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


Thanks Ramesh. That fixed it! Why doesn't Windows Update fix common
problems like this?

Ramesh said:
The .zip file association fix is available here:
http://www.winhelponline.com/articles/105/1/

--
Regards,

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


That's just it! There is NO "Extract All" option!

Ronnie Vernon MVP said:
Waistcoat

You didn't give any details about where you are looking? Right click a ..zip
file and you should see an item called "Extract All" on the pop-up menu.

--

Ronnie Vernon
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
Could windows update not have some sort of add-on "file association check"
that could allow the user to choose which files to reassociate with the
windows defaults, in much the same way that when I install, for example,
realplayer, it gives me a list of file associations I can make?

Maybe a wizard is the order of the day.

Thanks all for your help though.

Ramesh said:
You're welcome Wayne.

Good idea. As long as it does not interfere with the user's preferences (file assoc), then it\'s fine.

--
Regards,

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


Thanks Ramesh. That fixed it! Why doesn't Windows Update fix common
problems like this?

Ramesh said:
The .zip file association fix is available here:
http://www.winhelponline.com/articles/105/1/

--
Regards,

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


That's just it! There is NO "Extract All" option!

Ronnie Vernon MVP said:
Waistcoat

You didn't give any details about where you are looking? Right click a ..zip
file and you should see an item called "Extract All" on the pop-up menu.

--

Ronnie Vernon
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
Hi Ramesh,
I to had the same problem with zip files in that they would open up in excel
and it would look like it was in Chinese. I installed link you said and it
still does not work. How do i now unistall the fix(link).
steve

Waistcoat said:
Could windows update not have some sort of add-on "file association check"
that could allow the user to choose which files to reassociate with the
windows defaults, in much the same way that when I install, for example,
realplayer, it gives me a list of file associations I can make?

Maybe a wizard is the order of the day.

Thanks all for your help though.

Ramesh said:
You're welcome Wayne.
Windows Update fix common problems like this?
Click to expand...

Good idea. As long as it does not interfere with the user's preferences (file assoc), then it\'s fine.

--
Regards,

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


Thanks Ramesh. That fixed it! Why doesn't Windows Update fix common
problems like this?

Ramesh said:
The .zip file association fix is available here:
http://www.winhelponline.com/articles/105/1/

--
Regards,

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


That's just it! There is NO "Extract All" option!

:

Waistcoat

You didn't give any details about where you are looking? Right click a ..zip
file and you should see an item called "Extract All" on the pop-up menu.

--

Ronnie Vernon
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
Hi Steve,

You don't have to uninstall the fix. The fix simply restore the factory default associations for .zip file types.

Coming to the problem, did you by any chance use the "Open With" dialog to associate .zip files with Microsoft Excel?

--
Regards,

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


Hi Ramesh,
I to had the same problem with zip files in that they would open up in excel
and it would look like it was in Chinese. I installed link you said and it
still does not work. How do i now unistall the fix(link).
steve

Waistcoat said:
Could windows update not have some sort of add-on "file association check"
that could allow the user to choose which files to reassociate with the
windows defaults, in much the same way that when I install, for example,
realplayer, it gives me a list of file associations I can make?

Maybe a wizard is the order of the day.

Thanks all for your help though.

Ramesh said:
You're welcome Wayne.
Windows Update fix common problems like this?
Click to expand...

Good idea. As long as it does not interfere with the user's preferences (file assoc), then it\'s fine.

--
Regards,

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


Thanks Ramesh. That fixed it! Why doesn't Windows Update fix common
problems like this?

Ramesh said:
The .zip file association fix is available here:
http://www.winhelponline.com/articles/105/1/

--
Regards,

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


That's just it! There is NO "Extract All" option!

:

Waistcoat

You didn't give any details about where you are looking? Right click a ..zip
file and you should see an item called "Extract All" on the pop-up menu.

--

Ronnie Vernon
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
Thanks for your post. For some bizarre reason on my PC, ZIP files have become
associated with Microsoft Word. Reverting the association to its original
program is proving to be quite an ordeal.

I downloaded the the zipfix_vista.reg file from the URL in your post. A note
on that page says: "Note that you need to be an administrator to apply these
fixes." I'm purposely running as a non-administrator account on my PC. Sure
enough, when I try to merge the .reg file, I get the following message:
"Cannot import C:\Users\Chris\Downloads\zipfix_vista.reg: Not all data was
successfully written to the registry. Some keys are open by the system or
other processes." This is a strange error, since I'm not aware of any keys
being open; certainly, I don't have RegEdit open. The file association is
fine for the administrator account, so I don't believe that merging the .REG
file while logged on as the administrator will fix this problem.

I've tried using the RunAs command to run RegEdit as the administrator
account, but it comes back with: "RUNAS ERROR: Unable to run - regedit. 740:
The requested operation requires elevation." I'm not sure what this means nor
how (or if) I can get around it.

I suppose I could try temporarily changing my user account to be an
administrator, but that seems quite extreme. Why is this so difficult to
accomplish?


Ramesh said:
The .zip file association fix is available here:
http://www.winhelponline.com/articles/105/1/

--
Regards,

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


That's just it! There is NO "Extract All" option!

Ronnie Vernon MVP said:
Waistcoat

You didn't give any details about where you are looking? Right click a ..zip
file and you should see an item called "Extract All" on the pop-up menu.

--

Ronnie Vernon
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
Running the REG file from the subject user account (that's experiencing the .zip file problem) should help, as the REG file resets a user key in addition to fixing the file associations.

Example:

Restore the .exe file association in Windows Vista, after incorrectly associating it with another application:
http://www.winhelponline.com/articles/165/1/

--
Regards,

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


Thanks for your post. For some bizarre reason on my PC, ZIP files have become
associated with Microsoft Word. Reverting the association to its original
program is proving to be quite an ordeal.

I downloaded the the zipfix_vista.reg file from the URL in your post. A note
on that page says: "Note that you need to be an administrator to apply these
fixes." I'm purposely running as a non-administrator account on my PC. Sure
enough, when I try to merge the .reg file, I get the following message:
"Cannot import C:\Users\Chris\Downloads\zipfix_vista.reg: Not all data was
successfully written to the registry. Some keys are open by the system or
other processes." This is a strange error, since I'm not aware of any keys
being open; certainly, I don't have RegEdit open. The file association is
fine for the administrator account, so I don't believe that merging the ..REG
file while logged on as the administrator will fix this problem.

I've tried using the RunAs command to run RegEdit as the administrator
account, but it comes back with: "RUNAS ERROR: Unable to run - regedit. 740:
The requested operation requires elevation." I'm not sure what this means nor
how (or if) I can get around it.

I suppose I could try temporarily changing my user account to be an
administrator, but that seems quite extreme. Why is this so difficult to
accomplish?


Ramesh said:
The .zip file association fix is available here:
http://www.winhelponline.com/articles/105/1/

--
Regards,

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


That's just it! There is NO "Extract All" option!

Ronnie Vernon MVP said:
Waistcoat

You didn't give any details about where you are looking? Right click a ..zip
file and you should see an item called "Extract All" on the pop-up menu.

--

Ronnie Vernon
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
Thanks. That's what I was trying to do; however, I couldn't figure out how to
run the .REG file and have the updates successfully apply. I kept getting
errors indicating that I did not have administrator access.

I had been opening a command prompt and running the .REG file with the RunAs
command, trying to impersonate an administrator account. After doing a little
more digging, I realized that I needed to open the command prompt as an
administrator (by right-clicking the Command Prompt menu item and selecting
"Run as administrator") and then run the .REG file.

After successfully running the .REG file in this way, my ZIP file
association problem was resolved.
 
Thanks for the update, Chris.

--
Regards,

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


Thanks. That's what I was trying to do; however, I couldn't figure out how to
run the .REG file and have the updates successfully apply. I kept getting
errors indicating that I did not have administrator access.

I had been opening a command prompt and running the .REG file with the RunAs
command, trying to impersonate an administrator account. After doing a little
more digging, I realized that I needed to open the command prompt as an
administrator (by right-clicking the Command Prompt menu item and selecting
"Run as administrator") and then run the .REG file.

After successfully running the .REG file in this way, my ZIP file
association problem was resolved.
 
I have a different issue with zip files. I do alot of game testing, which
quite often means D/Ling very large zip files from the company ftp server.
These are often files 300-400meg compressed and 500-600megs uncompressed.
The problem I have is that windows seems to not only take 100% of the cpu
during a copy/uncompress function but still takes horrendously long to unzip
the files. For instance windows will take 4.5 hours for a file that WinRAR
takes a mere 15-20mins to extract the same files on the same machine.
Anyone else experience this or have ay ideas?

CS

Waistcoat said:
Could windows update not have some sort of add-on "file association check"
that could allow the user to choose which files to reassociate with the
windows defaults, in much the same way that when I install, for example,
realplayer, it gives me a list of file associations I can make?

Maybe a wizard is the order of the day.

Thanks all for your help though.

Ramesh said:
You're welcome Wayne.
Windows Update fix common problems like this?
Click to expand...

Good idea. As long as it does not interfere with the user's preferences
(file assoc), then it\'s fine.

--
Regards,

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


Thanks Ramesh. That fixed it! Why doesn't Windows Update fix common
problems like this?

Ramesh said:
The .zip file association fix is available here:
http://www.winhelponline.com/articles/105/1/

--
Regards,

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


message That's just it! There is NO "Extract All" option!

:

Waistcoat

You didn't give any details about where you are looking? Right click
a ..zip
file and you should see an item called "Extract All" on the pop-up
menu.

--

Ronnie Vernon
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
Ramesh, how do you extract the reg file and run it from the desktop? I am
unable to unzip or extract it. When I right click on the file, I see the
merge option. I clicked on it and it said the registry was updated (after
asking are you sure). I am still unable to open or extract the files from a
zip file.

Also, how can I tell where or which reg entry was updated? I noticed my
computer takes longer to reboot. So, I am concered that I may have done a
bad thing and would like to undo it (will system restore undo it?).

Sorry, I should have asked first before I tried to do some thing when I
wasn't sure. Thanks for any help you can provide.

I am running vista home premium 32 bit and finally have some new tv tuner
vista drivers that I need to install. Unfortunately, they come in zip files
that I cannot open (unless I purchase other software).
 
Hi ChiTownDi,

The .REG file is a plain-text file which can be viewed using Notepad. It fixes the file association settings for .zip file types to factory default settings. This has nothing to do with the slow boot problem.

--
Regards,

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


Ramesh, how do you extract the reg file and run it from the desktop? I am
unable to unzip or extract it. When I right click on the file, I see the
merge option. I clicked on it and it said the registry was updated (after
asking are you sure). I am still unable to open or extract the files from a
zip file.

Also, how can I tell where or which reg entry was updated? I noticed my
computer takes longer to reboot. So, I am concered that I may have done a
bad thing and would like to undo it (will system restore undo it?).

Sorry, I should have asked first before I tried to do some thing when I
wasn't sure. Thanks for any help you can provide.

I am running vista home premium 32 bit and finally have some new tv tuner
vista drivers that I need to install. Unfortunately, they come in zip files
that I cannot open (unless I purchase other software).

Ramesh said:
Thanks for the update, Chris.

--
Regards,

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


Thanks. That's what I was trying to do; however, I couldn't figure out how to
run the .REG file and have the updates successfully apply. I kept getting
errors indicating that I did not have administrator access.

I had been opening a command prompt and running the .REG file with the RunAs
command, trying to impersonate an administrator account. After doing a little
more digging, I realized that I needed to open the command prompt as an
administrator (by right-clicking the Command Prompt menu item and selecting
"Run as administrator") and then run the .REG file.

After successfully running the .REG file in this way, my ZIP file
association problem was resolved.
Click to expand...
 
ChiTownDi said:
Ramesh, how do you extract the reg file and run it from the desktop? I am
unable to unzip or extract it. When I right click on the file, I see the
merge option. I clicked on it and it said the registry was updated (after
asking are you sure). I am still unable to open or extract the files from a
zip file.

Also, how can I tell where or which reg entry was updated? I noticed my
computer takes longer to reboot. So, I am concered that I may have done a
bad thing and would like to undo it (will system restore undo it?).

Sorry, I should have asked first before I tried to do some thing when I
wasn't sure. Thanks for any help you can provide.

I am running vista home premium 32 bit and finally have some new tv tuner
vista drivers that I need to install. Unfortunately, they come in zip files
that I cannot open (unless I purchase other software).
Click to expand...

Try 7-Zip to see if that allows you to open the Zip files:

http://www.7-zip.org/
 
Hi - thanks for the replies. I tried ZipGenius and it said invalid archive
and would not open the file. Also, I tried Winzip with the same issue. I
have since sent an email to Diamond Extreme support - maybe there are issues
with how the zipped the files? I will try 7-Zip too.

Thanks

Diana
 
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