How to restore Windows default Zip file functionality?

Solution 1:

Try this article from MSDN: How to restore the native Zip file integration in Windows. You only have to do this from an elevated (run as administrator) command prompt:

cmd /c assoc .zip=CompressedFolder

Solution 2:

The first post is the long way to perform this three step process... Here is a simple and easy way to change the file association back to Windows Explorer:

1. Locate the file

2. Right click the file

3. Click properties

4. Locate the "open with" button and click it

5. Browse to the windows explorer to "c:\windows\explorer" and highlight the explorer file

6. Check use as default-apply-ok

Solution 3:

This works for me in Windows 7:

1. Remove

   HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.zip
   HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.zip
   

2. cmd /c assoc .zip=CompressedFolder

End Result:

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.zip]
@="CompressedFolder"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.zip]
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.zip\OpenWithList]
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.zip\OpenWithProgids]
"CompressedFolder"=hex(0):