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IT WORKED!!! After this I associate ZIP files to WinRAR and then everything became perfect! Now I have RAR files with "tiles" description WinRAR archive and ZIP files with "tiles" description WinRAR ZIP archive. It saves me a bunch of time handling both ZIP and RAR files with type description showing all the time. Thanks!

I'm after a File type for ZIP files, not Description. ...yes I know that. ...but WinRAR correctly provided this info to Explorer, but Explorer does not display it. Doesn't matter if is a ZIP file build by WinRAR or build by XP own ZIP processor, I try all of this. Take a look at my screenshot. Something is missing in the icon in "tiles view". Sure that in "Details view" a File type is properly displayed but not in "tiles view". Even when I install Windows XP from scratch (SP2/SP3) the built in XP ZIP processor "Compressed (zipped) Folder" does not display the tag in "tiles view". Every file has to have a File type tag so why not ZIP files? Don't use *.exe, use *.zip and *.rar files to see what I'm talking about. Please perform an experiment like having in the same folder one ZIP file, one RAR file, one TXT file and one JPEG file. Now switch between "tiles view" and "Details view". Now you have an ideia of the issue. In "Details view" the Type description is displayed for all files. In "tiles view" the icons displayed the File type except for ZIP files (XP only). Sorry for not being more explicit for you to understand. And thank you for your time!

Hello, Sorry, I explained the issue poorly. In the Windows XP SP2/SP3 OS the *.rar archives are displayed with "WinRAR archive" and the *.zip archives are displayed with "WinRAR ZIP archive". Everything is properly translated in the WinRAR but in the Windows Explorer environment, the icons doesn't seem to display the file type for ZIP files. This is happening just on Windows XP. Windows Vista and Windows 7 seem to properly display the file type for ZIP archives. I friend of mine reported this to the WinRAR developers and they responded that: I've attached a screenshot to clarify my statement.

Please read #4 Does anyone know why the Windows XP doesn't show properly the tag for the *.zip files? Even after installing WinRAR archiver the Windows Explorer doesn't show the tag. But when you hover the mouse on the icon the info tooltip correctly displays it. REGARDS!