My PC is running XP Pro.
I had it built by a local computer shop.
It came with evaluation copies of WinZip and WinRar compression programs pre-installed.
As XP has a compression utility, I decided to use this.
According to the XP help files, the "Create Compressed Folder" OPTION is removed from the File menu and Right Click menu when a third party compression program is installed.
I have uninstalled WinZip and WinRar and rebooted but the "Create Compressed Folder" still does not appear.

I have discovered a work around on CH000808 where I can create a compressed folder by using Send To + Compressed Folder. However, when I do this I get a popup window each time (see attachment).

Does ANYONE know how I can get the New-Compressed Folder option to show?


[Saving disk space - old attachment deleted by admin]regsvr32 %windir%\system32\zipfldr.dll

Er, you might want to type Contrex's reply in the run box & click OK. Oh, right, Fed... It WOULD work best that way

Or a command window.

Actually, I was paying the OP a compliment by presuming he or she was intelligent enough to work that out for themselves. Let's remove our LAST few posts and see how the OP goes.
You go first.Let's play safe and leave 'em in... You may have had a point...

Thanks for your comments.
I'm not sure that intelligence is the issue here, more like knowledge.
In any case, I had picked up that command from another help forum and it didn't seem to do the trick.
When I run the command I get a confirmation popup (see attachment) but the option is still not appearing.
Any ideas?

[Saving disk space - old attachment deleted by admin]How did you uninstall Winzip and WinRaR ? ?

You could try DLoading and installing CCleaner and run it to remove any remnants of those 2 programs and then run contrex's fix above again.
Re-boot after running it and check the right clik menu...I used the Winzip uninstall utility to uninstall Winzip as I have been led to believe that it the best option when available
WinRar did not have an uninstall utility so I used the Control Panel, ADD or Remove Programs utility in Windows.

Can you point me to the program that you mentioned, CCleaner, please.Quote from: wightrob on September 01, 2007, 09:12:01 AM

I used the Winzip uninstall utility to uninstall Winzip as I have been led to believe that it the best option when available
WinRar did not have an uninstall utility so I used the Control Panel, Add or Remove Programs utility in Windows.

Can you point me to the program that you mentioned, CCleaner, please.