Zip files vista problems

Other extraction programs work fine, but it would be nice to have an extraction program well integrated into Windows. Monday, February 5, PM. Saturday, February 17, AM. I had a similar problem with XP Pro. The problem appeared to be with Windows Defender, which I believe is built into Vista. In my case the solution was to remove Windows Defender, disable my internet connection then extract the files.

Worked fine - not as fast as ZipGenius, but fast enough. Then when I again enabled the internet connection, the speed improvement was maintained. I don't know if you can remove Windows Defender from a Vista installation, but maybe turning of real-time scanning - it might prduce the same effect.

The disabling of the internet connection seems to be essential. Sunday, February 25, PM. I made a zip in win xp, and tried to extract in vista it took 40mins size 1. Vista extract util is a shame. Friday, March 2, PM. I tried dadooq's XP fix in vista business, no go. Friday, March 16, AM. Has anyone found a fix to this problem yet? Had the same problem. Downloaded the. Friday, March 23, PM. I've got the same problem on Vista business with it being extremely slow. It was going to take vista between 2 and 3 hours to unzip something that took 7-zip 15 seconds to unzip.

Hopefully Microsoft acknowledges that this is a problem and fixes it. Thursday, May 10, PM. Thanks, CharlesJ!!! Monday, May 21, PM. Thanks for the tip on 7-zip, it works like a dream. Tuesday, May 22, PM. Thank you for 7-zip. A window should pop up with the file or files inside. Select where you want the files to be extracted to. By default, Vista will extract them to a folder that has the same name as the zip folder, in the same location. If a folder by that name does not exist, Vista will create one.

Was this reply helpful? Yes No. Sorry this didn't help. Thanks for your feedback. I'm not able to unzip a zip file. There's no error messages, just nothing happens. Thank you! Aibek Another vote for 7zip Hi You can try 7Zip. Right click the file and choose "Open With". If a sub-menu appears, please click "Choose Default Program…". However, there is an issue that can cause this feature not to function properly.

The issue is that Vista does not associate. So when you install an Archiving package such as WinZip and then uninstall it. Vista does not put back the original OS shell association. Although associating your. The following web site has a. Reg file that will fix the issue completely I have tested it and it worked fine for me. Microsoft or writer of this KB cannot guarantee that any problems resulting from the use of Registry Editor can be solved.

Simply click on Zip as the association problem and download the. Reg file, hen double-click on it to install the registry entries. You love using Linux and open-source software, but is Linux quite as free as it's made out to be?

Here are some truths that may surprise you. My sister's machine kept prompting her to purchase WinZip because it's 90 day demo had expired.