Comments on: How to disable Windows built-in ZIP or CAB support in Windows 11

By: DragonRUJ

DragonRUJ — Fri, 16 Mar 2018 05:35:00 +0000

In reply to Tessa Moore. Please, take a look at my comments in this post. They could be useful. Regards.

By: DragonRUJ

DragonRUJ — Fri, 16 Mar 2018 05:23:00 +0000

In reply to DragonRUJ.

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

; Open Notepad, copy and paste all the text of this comment and save it as: EnableZipFolders.reg

;———————————————
; Enable ZIP/CAB folders in Windows 7/8/10
;———————————————
; By DragonRUJ – 2018

;———————————————
; Acknowledgment
;———————————————

; I have to thank to:

; – Anand Khanse for his very informative and useful article:
; How to disable Windows built-in Zip support
; Google: thewindowsclub disable-windows-built-in-zip

; – NickHunter for his alternative and simple method (there’s NO NEED to TAKE OWNERSHIP of these registry keys).

; – Tessa Moore for her request for a script to implement this method.

; IMPORTANT: Always create a system restore point before dealing with the Windows registry.

;———————————————
; Enable .ZIP folders
;———————————————

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTSystemFileAssociations.zipCLSID]
@=”{E88DCCE0-B7B3-11d1-A9F0-00AA0060FA31}”

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTCompressedFolderShellExStorageHandler]
@=”{E88DCCE0-B7B3-11d1-A9F0-00AA0060FA31}”

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTCompressedFolderCLSID]
@=”{E88DCCE0-B7B3-11d1-A9F0-00AA0060FA31}”

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREClassesSystemFileAssociations.zipCLSID]
@=”{E88DCCE0-B7B3-11d1-A9F0-00AA0060FA31}”

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREClassesCompressedFolderShellExStorageHandler]
@=”{E88DCCE0-B7B3-11d1-A9F0-00AA0060FA31}”

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREClassesCompressedFolderCLSID]
@=”{E88DCCE0-B7B3-11d1-A9F0-00AA0060FA31}”

;———————————————
; Enable .CAB folders
;———————————————

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTSystemFileAssociations.cabCLSID]
@=”{0CD7A5C0-9F37-11CE-AE65-08002B2E1262}”

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTCABFolderCLSID]
@=”{0CD7A5C0-9F37-11CE-AE65-08002B2E1262}”

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREClassesSystemFileAssociations.cabCLSID]
@=”{0CD7A5C0-9F37-11CE-AE65-08002B2E1262}”

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREClassesCABFolderCLSID]
@=”{0CD7A5C0-9F37-11CE-AE65-08002B2E1262}”

; End of EnableZipFolders.reg

By: DragonRUJ

DragonRUJ — Fri, 16 Mar 2018 05:20:00 +0000

In reply to DragonRUJ.

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

; Open Notepad, copy and paste all the text of this comment and save it as: DisableZipFolders.reg

;———————————————
; Disable ZIP/CAB folders in Windows 7/8/10
;———————————————
; By DragonRUJ – 2018

;———————————————
; Acknowledgment
;———————————————

; I have to thank to:

; – Anand Khanse for his very informative and useful article:
; How to disable Windows built-in Zip support
; Google: thewindowsclub disable-windows-built-in-zip

; – NickHunter for his alternative and simple method (there’s NO NEED to TAKE OWNERSHIP of these registry keys).

; – Tessa Moore for her request for a script to implement this method.

; IMPORTANT: Always create a system restore point before dealing with the Windows registry.

;———————————————
; Disable .ZIP folders
;———————————————

[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTSystemFileAssociations.zipCLSID]

[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTCompressedFolderShellExStorageHandler]

[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTCompressedFolderCLSID]

[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREClassesSystemFileAssociations.zipCLSID]

[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREClassesCompressedFolderShellExStorageHandler]

[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREClassesCompressedFolderCLSID]

;———————————————
; Disable .CAB folders
;———————————————

[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTSystemFileAssociations.cabCLSID]

[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTCABFolderCLSID]

[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREClassesSystemFileAssociations.cabCLSID]

[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREClassesCABFolderCLSID]

; End of DisableZipFolders.reg

By: DragonRUJ

DragonRUJ — Fri, 16 Mar 2018 05:07:00 +0000

There’s “no need to mess up with ownership”… These REG files change ZIP/CAB settings easily for you —see replies to this comment—…

By: Tessa Moore

Tessa Moore — Tue, 27 Feb 2018 04:57:00 +0000

In reply to NickHunter. Is there any script you know of that can enable and disable this? I need compressed folder tools to go away for a little while so I can finish this job, but I don't want it gone forever.