Creating a compressed folder in windows vista

Items ; DestFlder. Tuesday, November 20, PM. Tuesday, August 5, AM. Sunday, August 31, AM. You can use the reverse thing for makking. Monday, October 6, AM. So I quickly wrote a small exe around SharpZipLib You can zip and unzip whole folders from the command line with it; no 3rd party tools required.

But I haven't coded it to accept individual file s , only an entire folder. But you'll need this exe to zip or unzip at the command line. It doesn't solve the problem of using an in-built feature. But that's the only dependency. I've used ILMerge so the whole thing is one exe file, about kb.

In my case, I package it along with the zip file in my setup file. Friday, November 28, AM. If you are using VB. For example, "ToString" shouldn't be required, but is..

This has only been tested on Windows Vista and Windows Server It should work on any version of Windows that pretends zip files are compressed folders 3. This works by creating an empty zip file.

Then it copies the file you want to compress into the zip file. Windows will see that you are copying into a zip file not a folder, and compress it on the way in. Close With CreateObject "Shell. Monday, March 2, PM. Sorry to high jack this, but can someone please tell me how to re-associate the compressed zip folder functionality to the. I am on vista and used to be able to use the built in functionality to open. I accidentally associated the extension to another software winrar by "open with" and "always open with this program" selected.

Does anyone know how to re-associate the built in compressed zip to the. Thanks a million. Friday, April 2, AM. Saturday, April 10, PM. Thank you very much! Saturday, April 27, PM. Monday, April 29, AM. Worked perfectly!!! Thank you!!! Tuesday, April 30, PM. Wednesday, May 1, AM. Linda, Downloading and merging the "folderfix.

Corey Corey Ames. Wednesday, May 1, PM. Thank you, Linda! Your folderfix worked for me. Thursday, May 2, AM. Thank you Thank you. I figured it out thanks to your info. I didnt merge them at first I had just added folderfix to the registry witch helped a little. Thank You - Same problem and your solution fixed it. Thanks so much.

Thursday, May 2, PM. Joslin 0. Linda-- I too had this problem just suddenly appear for no apparent reason. Rick Joslin. It work!!! Friday, May 3, PM.

Worked like a charm!!! Saturday, May 4, AM. Worked just great. Thanks a lot! Sunday, May 5, AM. Yeah Linda I'm still horribly confused at how to do it, if you can make a simpler version of this explanation, it would be much appreciated. Sunday, May 5, PM. Thanks a bunch Linda! The registry fix ZIP worked great! Regards, Lucio Gayosso www. Monday, May 6, PM. Tuesday, May 7, PM. Hi Linda, Thank you so much.

Wednesday, May 8, AM. You are awesome, Linda! Thanks so much for this fix Wednesday, May 8, PM. Hopefully you can help thankyou. Thursday, May 9, PM. Hi Linda Yan, Thank you very much! It worked for me. Friday, May 10, AM. Linda your solution worked perfect!! Thanks a Lot for your solution!! Appreciate it!! Hi Linda, After all these years, still the 1 fix.

Thank you!! Friday, May 10, PM. This worked for me, though I had to Merge twice. My folder problem also happened after uninstalling Digital Defender.

Thank you, Bob jkelty. Thanks it really worked Friday, May 17, AM. Thank you! Tuesday, May 21, PM. Thursday, May 23, PM. Hi, I checked that the default matched what you said and it does and I still have no new folder option. Your instruction how to create the new folder is excellent many thanks.

Run the fixit from the skydrive link. Saturday, May 25, AM. Works great. Sunday, May 26, AM. Friday, May 31, PM. Linda, I downloaded folderfix. I right clicked on it but no "Merge" option appeared in the list. That's all I can do too? Saturday, June 1, PM. I tried to use this option to fix my new folder issue but after extracting the folderfix file and right clicking on it it doesn't give me the option to merge.

Monday, June 3, PM. Thank you, Linda!!! It worked great. Thanks again, Barry. Wednesday, June 5, PM. Hi Linda, It works, thanks a lot. Thursday, June 6, PM.

Linda, Followed your instructions and now able to add new folders. Saturday, June 8, PM. Hi Linda, Your instructions were beautifully clear and accurate.

Wednesday, June 12, PM. The 2nd solution worked perfectly. Thursday, June 13, PM. Thanks very much Linda Monday, June 17, PM. Thursday, June 20, PM. This solution worked perfectly. Many thanks!! I had to use the 2nd step and the file on Skydrive worked. Sunday, June 23, PM. Thanks Linda, I"ll confessed that I was afraid to use folderfix at the beginning but after I did it and restart my computer it worked perfectly. Thanks a lot!! Monday, June 24, AM. This worked great.

Thanks Tuesday, June 25, PM. This worked very well also for me! Wednesday, June 26, PM. Hi Linda, I followed your steps but could not find steps 4 'Go to my Skydrive and downloand folderfix. Friday, June 28, AM. Friday, June 28, PM. Okay, I'm an idiot. I can't get past step 1. Can you help? You are my freaking HERO! No more having to duplicate an existing folder to make a new folder :P.

Saturday, June 29, PM. Linda, Will this work for Windows Vista? This is exactly the issue I am having. Came after installing a Zip program necessary for unpacking some Android rooting software. Now that I have deleted to installed Zip program, the keys you reference are now missing out of the registry Can this key and sub key be created from scratch? If so, could you share instructions how to build these back into the system. Sunday, June 30, PM. Expression Web 4. Expression Web has a group on Facebook.

If you are a FB user, come join us. Disclosure : This is an affiliate link, which means that if you visit Bluehost. April - April Overview Compressing files and folders decreases their size and reduces the amount of space they use on your drives or removable storage devices.

To create a ZIP file: Right click on a file, folder, or selection of files and click on the ' Send To ' menu option and then choose ' Compressed zipped Folder'.

Step 3 : Click ' Extract.