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Unzip disappeared?

Anonymous
2010-03-08T15:18:45+00:00

Recently, Window's Photo Gallery somehow became the standard opening program for my .zip files (I have no clue how this happened) and now I can't get my .zip's open. I've tried choosing standard program and so on, but I can't seem to get my system back to standard opening...

Does anyone have any clue how I can get my computer to recognize and open .zip-files again?

Windows for home | Previous Windows versions | Files, folders, and storage

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Anonymous
2010-03-09T07:03:44+00:00

Hi,

Click Start, type regedit.exe and press Enter.

Navigate to the following branch:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Explorer\FileExts.zip

Delete the sub-key named "UserChoice"

Close Regedit.exe

If that does not help, get the .zip file association fix from here:

File association fixes for Windows Vista:

http://www.winhelponline.com/articles/105/1/

if its not helping try third party software like winzip or winrar which can handle almost all zipped formats

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  1. Anonymous
    2010-03-10T15:10:54+00:00

    Hi Villis,

    Glad to hear that you were able to fix the issue.

    Halima S    - Microsoft Support.

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  2. Anonymous
    2010-03-09T16:10:14+00:00

    Thank you so much! This solved it straight away :)

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