REDMOND KNUCKLEHEADS did it again to WINDOWS

[mark levitski]

I told you I am nto stupid, and if you're of a different opinion NOBODY
CARES because you're up against vast majority who agree with me.
Vista is a step backwards versus WinXP, companies like Dell, IBM, etc have
been LOSING money and downgrading back to Vista for awhile and Win7 is to a
large degreean urgent fix for Vista, updates related to new hardwares e.g.
SSD's.
Here's Annoyance# 48754745329234:

I said I am nnoyed by Vista's handling of ZIP folders. You say "disable
it", really? You cna do that in 1 minute in WinXP, but not Vista.
Vista assumes users are idiots and hides these controls deep inside
Registry.
Associating ZIp with a REAL handler like WinRAR does nothing - folders are
still handled as Vista desires, and only when you click-run to open them,
then WnRAR or whatever your preference is, kicks in
However all other behaviors are unchanged. Here's a solution:

How do I turn off Compressed Folders (built-in support for ZIP files) in
Windows Vista and XP?

Intended For
Windows Vista
Windows XP
Windows 2003

By default, Windows Vista and Windows XP treats ZIP files like folders. If
you're not familiar with ZIP files, this can be convenient.
However, if you've already got a utility in place to manage your ZIP files
(such as WinZip), this new feature can just get in the way. For example,
Windows will look inside ZIP files when using the Search tool, a process
that not only causes searches to take longer, but one that may cause
incomplete information to be displayed in the In Folder column of the search
results. Worse, ZIP files show up in the folder tree in Windows Vista, which
looks like a big mess whenever you view a folder full of them.

Naturally, Microsoft hasn't provided any easy way to turn this feature off.
Here's how to do it:

Windows Vista

Turn it off (the easy way):
Download vistaunzip.reg, and save it to your desktop.
Double-click the vistaunzip.reg file, and then click Continue, Yes, and then
OK when prompted.
Restart Windows (the change won't take effect until you do).
Turn it off (by hand):

Open the Registry Editor (regedit.exe).
Navigate to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID
Delete this key:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{E88DCCE0-B7B3-11d1-A9F0-00AA0060FA31}
Delete this key:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{0CD7A5C0-9F37-11CE-AE65-08002B2E1262}
Restart Windows (the change won't take effect until you do).
If, at any time, you wish to re-enable Windows Vista's built-in ZIP support,
just follow these steps:

Download vistazip.reg, and save it to your desktop.
Double-click the vistazip.reg file, and then click Continue, Yes, and then
OK when prompted.
Restart Windows (the change won't take effect until you do).
Windows XP

Turn it off:
Select Run from the Start Menu.
Type regsvr32 /u %windir%\system32\zipfldr.dll at the prompt, and click Ok.
The change will take effect immediately, but you may have to restart Windows
for all traces of the built-in ZIP support to disappear.
If, at any time, you wish to re-enable Windows XP's built-in ZIP support,
just follow these steps:

Select Run from the Start Menu.
Type regsvr32 %windir%\system32\zipfldr.dll at the prompt, and click Ok.
The change will take effect immediately, but you may have to restart Windows
for all features of the built-in ZIP support to be available.

[mark levitski]

Sorry for a typo, I meant downgrde to WinXP, not Vista.