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December's TIPS..!! Stop by often for more advice. Remember: "Learn from the mistakes of others, You can't live long enough to make them all yourself." "The Catnician" (2003)

Free Photo Story 3   Part of the Windows XP PLUS!   software package.

By default, Windows XP treats ZIP files like folders. If you're not familiar with ZIP files, this can be convenient. However, if you've already got a utility in place to manage your ZIP files (such as WinZip), this new feature can just get in the way. For example, Windows will search inside ZIP files when using Search - For Files or Folders, a process that not only causes searches to take longer, but one that may cause incomplete information to be displayed in the In Folder column of the search results.

Naturally, Microsoft hasn't provided any easy way to turn this feature off. Here's how to do it:

• Select Run from the Start Menu.
• Type regsvr32 /u %windir%\system32\zipfldr.dll at the prompt, and click Ok.
• The change will take effect immediately, but you may have to restart Windows for all traces of the built-in ZIP support to disappear.

If, at any time, you wish to re-enable Windows XP's built-in ZIP support, just follow these steps:

• Select Run from the Start Menu.
• Type regsvr32 %windir%\system32\zipfldr.dll at the prompt, and click Ok.
• The change will take effect immediately, but you may have to restart Windows for all features of the built-in ZIP support to be available.

Set up a Windows Explorer Icon on your desktop. I do this all the time.!!

• Right Click on the START icon and open Windows Explorer.
• Go to the WINDOWS or WINNT folder and find the explore.exe file.
• Right click on the explore.exe file and select "Create Shortcut"
• A shortcut icon is created in the WINDOWS/WINNT folder.
• Drag the Shortcut icon to your desktop and drop it there.
• You now have an icon on your desktop that will execute Windows Explorer for you and it will open to the C:/ drive.

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