Disable Windows XP’s builtin Zip support
Windows XP comes with a builtin support for viewing zipped files. If you like to use a standalone utility like pkzip or winzip which has more function, you probably need to disable the limited capability of Windows XP Zip support to prevent interactions and problems.
Windows XP by default, opens EVERY compressed file and search through because it treats them as directories. This can extend the time taken for a drive-level search for up hours and sometimes hangs (the search windows) before it can complete. Another reason to disable the builtin zip server - if you keep lots of zip files on your HD and you use XP search capabilities.
I have a lot of zipped files in my directories and it always takes time to load up. This command have helped me alot and I hope it will benefit you as well.
To disable, click on “Start” -> “Run” -> type the following command and enter.
regsvr32 /u %windir%\system32\zipfldr.dll
To enable, click on “Start” -> “Run” -> type the following command and enter:
regsvr32 %windir%\system32\zipfldr.dll
