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Thanks it helped me too, but the default icon wasn't resurrected :-(
"Ramesh, MS-MVP" wrote: The .zip file association fix is available he http://www.winhelponline.com/articles/105/1/ -- Regards, Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User] Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com |
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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, MS-MVP" wrote: The .zip file association fix is available he http://www.winhelponline.com/articles/105/1/ -- Regards, Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User] Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com "Wayne Johnson" Wayne wrote in message ... That's just it! There is NO "Extract All" option! "Ronnie Vernon MVP" wrote: 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 "Waistcoat" wrote in message ... 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? |
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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 "Chris" wrote in message ... 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, MS-MVP" wrote: The .zip file association fix is available he http://www.winhelponline.com/articles/105/1/ -- Regards, Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User] Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com "Wayne Johnson" Wayne wrote in message ... That's just it! There is NO "Extract All" option! "Ronnie Vernon MVP" wrote: 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 "Waistcoat" wrote in message ... 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? |
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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. |
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Thanks for the update, Chris.
-- Regards, Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User] Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com "Chris" wrote in message ... 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. |
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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" wrote in message ... 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, MS-MVP" wrote: You're welcome Wayne. Windows Update fix common problems like this? 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 "Wayne Johnson" wrote in message ... Thanks Ramesh. That fixed it! Why doesn't Windows Update fix common problems like this? "Ramesh, MS-MVP" wrote: The .zip file association fix is available he http://www.winhelponline.com/articles/105/1/ -- Regards, Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User] Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com "Wayne Johnson" Wayne wrote in message ... That's just it! There is NO "Extract All" option! "Ronnie Vernon MVP" wrote: 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 |
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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, MS-MVP" wrote: Thanks for the update, Chris. -- Regards, Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User] Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com "Chris" wrote in message ... 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. |
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Hi ChiTownDi,
Also, how can I tell where or which reg entry was updated? 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 "ChiTownDi" wrote in message ... 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, MS-MVP" wrote: Thanks for the update, Chris. -- Regards, Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User] Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com "Chris" wrote in message ... 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. |
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ChiTownDi wrote:
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). Try 7-Zip to see if that allows you to open the Zip files: http://www.7-zip.org/ |
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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 "Neil Harley" wrote: ChiTownDi wrote: 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). Try 7-Zip to see if that allows you to open the Zip files: http://www.7-zip.org/ |