Shell/context Support For Compressed Xpcd Files

[sleepyp]

This post is simply to share a bit of work i did over the weekend. I built a registry file which adds context menu, file typing, and a default icon to the 64 compressed file extensions on my XP CD in the i386 folder. Basically this .reg file correctly sets up the association between the compressed files and expand.exe (the LZ Compression Util included with XP). With the tweak applied, all the files are iconified, described as "Compressed File", and have "Expand" as their default action. I have tested the code and it appears to work with all filenames/pathes. I have seen other tweaks of this nature but none which worked properly for me and none which did the nice shell stuff.

the extensions included are: AC, AD, AS, AV, AX, BA, BI, BM, CA, CH, CN, CO, CP, CS, DA, DB, DL, DR, DS, DT, EX, FO, H, HL, HT, HX, IN, MD, MF, MI, MM, MO, MS, NL, NT, OC, OS, PI, PR, RA, RE, RL, RO, RS, SA, SC, SD, SE, SI, SQ, SR, SY, TH, TL, TR, TS, TT, VB, VX, WS, XD, XM, XS, ZI (on CD they appear with a _ added to the end of the extension).

i know there is a "registry tweaks" pinned thread, but it's 37 pages long and frankly needs to be cleaned up a lot. if you are slipstreaming in an archive manager such as 7zip, WinRAR, etc, you won't really need this tweak. oh well, enjoy the 1600 lines of code

shell_expand.reg

[lilweirddude]

nice work

how long did it take you? lol