helpful info for Searching zip folders in windows XP

[toomyg]

An e-mail I got from PCMAG.com





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Windows XP's search takes a really long time, because in addition to folders, it also searches through ZIP files (which Win XP calls compressed folders). I have a ton of ZIP files that contain many, many files and folders, but when I'm searching for a file, very often I know it is in an ordinary folder, not in a ZIP file. I'd like to search just the folders, not the ZIPs. Is there a way to do this?

Lyle O'Leary

The only way to disable searching in ZIP files is to turn off Win XP's support for treating ZIP files as folders. This is easy to do—and to undo.


From the Start menu's Run dialog, enter this command: regsvr32 /u zipfldr.dll. Repeat and enter regsvr32 /u cabview.dll. Each time, you should get a notice that DllUnregister succeeded. Contrary to numerous Web sites displaying this advice, you need to restart the computer for the change to take effect.

Now, when you search, the operating system will ignore ZIP folders instead of treating them as folders. If you don't care about that feature, you can leave it turned off. But turning it back on is as simple as repeating the two regsvr32 commands without the /u
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Just thought I'd pass it along