Windows XP has builting support for decompressing .zip files. This can become very annoying when you have a folder/directory with a ton of zip files in it. If you want this feature disabled, run the following command:

regsvr32 /u c:\windows\system32\zipfldr.dll

Alternatively, if you want to re-enable it, enter this command:

regsvr32 c:\windows\system32\zipfldr.dll

Note: You may need to re-install your zip/unzip software as this command has been known to un-associate winzip with .zip files

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