Tweak: Disable Zip file as folder in Win7 Windows Explorer

[coucou]

For WinXP we had to run command regsvr32 /u %windir%\system32\zipfldr.dll to unregister of the zipfldr.dll. Since XP thsi command hasn't worked anymore.

To do it in Win7 you need to delete the following two registry keys and Restart.

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{E88DCCE0-B7B3-11d1-A9F0-00AA0060FA31}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{0CD7A5C0-9F37-11CE-AE65-08002B2E1262}

Unfortunately in Win7 these keys cannot be deleted because of permissions. There is the added complexity of having to take ownership of the keys in regedit and then giving your user full control of the key, this works just as it does for files. Once you have taken ownership and full control of the keys listed above you can then delete them and restart.

To apply automatically that tweak

Download SetACL 2.2.1 and copy it as well as the 2 bellow files in \sources\$OEM$\$$\Setup\scripts\

DisableZipFile-Folde.reg

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{E88DCCE0-B7B3-11d1-A9F0-00AA0060FA31}]
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{0CD7A5C0-9F37-11CE-AE65-08002B2E1262}]

Disable_Zip-Folder.cmd

"%systemroot%\Setup\Scripts\setacl.exe" -on "HKCR\CLSID\{E88DCCE0-B7B3-11d1-A9F0-00AA0060FA31}" -ot reg -rec yes -actn setowner -ownr "n:Administrateurs"
"%systemroot%\Setup\Scripts\setacl.exe" -on "HKCR\CLSID\{E88DCCE0-B7B3-11d1-A9F0-00AA0060FA31}" -ot reg -rec yes -actn ace -ace "n:Administrateurs;p:full"

"%systemroot%\Setup\Scripts\setacl.exe" -on "HKCR\CLSID\{0CD7A5C0-9F37-11CE-AE65-08002B2E1262}" -ot reg -rec yes -actn setowner -ownr "n:Administrateurs"
"%systemroot%\Setup\Scripts\setacl.exe" -on "HKCR\CLSID\{0CD7A5C0-9F37-11CE-AE65-08002B2E1262}" -ot reg -rec yes -actn ace -ace "n:Administrateurs;p:full"

REGEDIT /S "D:\Test\SetACL 2.2.1\DisableZipFile-Folde.reg"

As my system is french i had to type "Administrateurs" instead of "Administrators"

Finally add the bellow line in yr sources\$OEM$\$$\Setup\scripts\SetupComplete.cmd

REG ADD %KEY%\005 /V 1 /D "%systemroot%\Setup\Scripts\Disable_Zip-Folder.cmd" /f

Enjoy

Edited June 29, 2011 by coucou