Guest Jennifer Posted September 17, 2007 Posted September 17, 2007 Windows XP Pro, SP2 + critical security updates When I right-click on a file and choose Send To, Compressed (zipped) Folder, I receive a prompt asking "do you want to designate compressed (zipped) folders as the application for handling zip files?". If I am a local administrator, I can choose Yes and everything functions fine. If I am not a local administrator, when I choose Yes, the file is compressed as expected, but the option to do this disappears from my Send To menu, and the shortcut disappears from my SendTo folder under my profile. I can copy the shortcut back into my SendTo folder, but once I do another compress it disappears again. Any ideas on how to make this stay for non-admins (besides telling them not to click Yes)?
Guest Ramesh, MS-MVP Posted September 18, 2007 Posted September 18, 2007 Re: compressed (zipped) folders option under Send To menu Hi Jennifer, Try this from an user account with admin privileges. Click Start, Run. Type: regsvr32 /u zipfldr.dll Press {ENTER} Then type: regsvr32 zipfldr.dll Press {ENTER} If that does not help, get the .zip file type association fix from here. File association fixes: http://www.dougknox.com/xp/file_assoc.htm -- Regards, Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User] Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com "Jennifer" <Jennifer@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:4C6DCDD4-3566-4295-BA41-519BF43E4CB3@microsoft.com... Windows XP Pro, SP2 + critical security updates When I right-click on a file and choose Send To, Compressed (zipped) Folder, I receive a prompt asking "do you want to designate compressed (zipped) folders as the application for handling zip files?". If I am a local administrator, I can choose Yes and everything functions fine. If I am not a local administrator, when I choose Yes, the file is compressed as expected, but the option to do this disappears from my Send To menu, and the shortcut disappears from my SendTo folder under my profile. I can copy the shortcut back into my SendTo folder, but once I do another compress it disappears again. Any ideas on how to make this stay for non-admins (besides telling them not to click Yes)?
Guest Jennifer Posted September 18, 2007 Posted September 18, 2007 Re: compressed (zipped) folders option under Send To menu Thank you Ramesh - the unregister and reregister of the dll did the trick. I did a reboot afterwards though I'm not sure it was necessary. I appreciate your help, Jennifer "Ramesh, MS-MVP" wrote: > Hi Jennifer, > > Try this from an user account with admin privileges. > > Click Start, Run. Type: > > regsvr32 /u zipfldr.dll > > Press {ENTER} > > Then type: > > regsvr32 zipfldr.dll > > Press {ENTER} > > If that does not help, get the .zip file type association fix from here. > > File association fixes: > http://www.dougknox.com/xp/file_assoc.htm > > -- > Regards, > > Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User] > Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com > > > "Jennifer" <Jennifer@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:4C6DCDD4-3566-4295-BA41-519BF43E4CB3@microsoft.com... > Windows XP Pro, SP2 + critical security updates > > When I right-click on a file and choose Send To, Compressed (zipped) Folder, > I receive a prompt asking "do you want to designate compressed (zipped) > folders as the application for handling zip files?". > > If I am a local administrator, I can choose Yes and everything functions fine. > > If I am not a local administrator, when I choose Yes, the file is compressed > as expected, but the option to do this disappears from my Send To menu, and > the shortcut disappears from my SendTo folder under my profile. I can copy > the shortcut back into my SendTo folder, but once I do another compress it > disappears again. > > Any ideas on how to make this stay for non-admins (besides telling them not > to click Yes)? > >
Guest Ramesh, MS-MVP Posted September 18, 2007 Posted September 18, 2007 Re: compressed (zipped) folders option under Send To menu You're welcome, Jennifer :-) -- Regards, Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User] Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com "Jennifer" <Jennifer@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:A31D6944-5363-4A88-8D23-E2527842E543@microsoft.com... Thank you Ramesh - the unregister and reregister of the dll did the trick. I did a reboot afterwards though I'm not sure it was necessary. I appreciate your help, Jennifer "Ramesh, MS-MVP" wrote: > Hi Jennifer, > > Try this from an user account with admin privileges. > > Click Start, Run. Type: > > regsvr32 /u zipfldr.dll > > Press {ENTER} > > Then type: > > regsvr32 zipfldr.dll > > Press {ENTER} > > If that does not help, get the .zip file type association fix from here. > > File association fixes: > http://www.dougknox.com/xp/file_assoc.htm > > -- > Regards, > > Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User] > Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com > > > "Jennifer" <Jennifer@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:4C6DCDD4-3566-4295-BA41-519BF43E4CB3@microsoft.com... > Windows XP Pro, SP2 + critical security updates > > When I right-click on a file and choose Send To, Compressed (zipped) Folder, > I receive a prompt asking "do you want to designate compressed (zipped) > folders as the application for handling zip files?". > > If I am a local administrator, I can choose Yes and everything functions fine. > > If I am not a local administrator, when I choose Yes, the file is compressed > as expected, but the option to do this disappears from my Send To menu, and > the shortcut disappears from my SendTo folder under my profile. I can copy > the shortcut back into my SendTo folder, but once I do another compress it > disappears again. > > Any ideas on how to make this stay for non-admins (besides telling them not > to click Yes)? > >
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