zip file,
stored alongside the source folder.
All of this is possible because Windows Vista supports the ZIP format right
out of the box. (For years, this wasn??™t the case because Katz reportedly
despised Windows, which may explain why Windows XP, released a year
after his death, was the first version of Windows to support ZIP files without
a third-party program.)
Unfortunately, there are drawbacks to Windows Explorer??™s built-in support
for ZIP files. For example, it can interfere with searches, as described in
???Search Tricks,??? later in this chapter. It can also interfere with third-party
ZIP tools like WinZip (http://www.winzip.com), which adds more features
and, ironically, better integration with Explorer??™s own context menus. But
the biggest problem is that, by default, Vista displays each ZIP file like a
folder, which can make a big mess if you have a folder full of ??™em.
Unfortunately, there??™s no way to get Windows Explorer to treat ZIP files like
files without disabling the ZIP feature altogether. But if you want to do it,
here??™s how.
Turn off ZIP support (the easy way)
Download the vistaunzip.reg file at http://www.annoyances.org/exec/download/
vistaunzip.reg, and save it to your desktop. Double-click the vistaunzip.reg
file, click Continue (if prompted), then click Yes, and then click OK in the
final confirmation window. Restart Windows for the change to take effect.
If you want to turn ZIP support back on, download vistazip.
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