I assume you've installed some other application that handles ZIP files,
like WinZip? Note that the original Compressed Folders (what XP uses to open
ZIP files if nothing else has been installed) do not cause the folder to
appear in the left-hand Folders column until you open them. Anyway, to
restore Compressed Folders as the default handler for ZIP files, do the
following:
Go to Folder Options, File Types tab, and locate the entry for ZIP files.
Highlight it, then click on the Advanced button. Click on New, and for
Action, call it Open (if there is already an entry for Open, not Open with
WinZip, or similar, then Edit it.) The Application used to perform action
is:
rundll32.exe zipfldr.dll,RouteTheCall %L
(There's one space before zipfldr and one before %L.)
Check "Use DDE" and click OK. Then click on Edit. The DDE message is:
[ViewFolder(*%l*, %I, %S)]
Application = Folders
DDE Application Not Running = [] (two opposing brackets.)
Topic = AppProperties
Click OK, highlight the Open entry, then click Set Default. OK your way out.
--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
www.grystmill.com
"JamesJ" <jjy@adelphia_darwin.net> wrote in message
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> In Explorer, how do I get zip files to show in the left (folder) pane
> and the contents of the zip files to show in the right pane?
> In other words how do I get Explorer to treat zip files as folders??
>