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Why do some .zip files appear as a folder and others not?
Subject says it all really. I always run Explorer with the tree view on
the left. Sometimes, when I focus on a folder with a .zip file in it, it shows as a pseudo-folder below the containing one; sometime it doesn't, and I have to double-click on it (the .zip file), which then opens in a new window. I've just found that, in that new window, I can do View, Explorer Bar, Folders and get what I want, but I'm still puzzled why this happens automatically for some .zip files and not others. (And it means I have one more window open, too.) I haven't installed WinZip or anything - this is just XP's basic Explorer. -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G.5AL-IS-P--Ch++(p)Ar@T0H+Sh0!:`)DNAf ** http://www.soft255.demon.co.uk/G6JPG-PC/JPGminPC.htm for ludicrously outdated thoughts on PCs. ** Quantum particles: the dreams that stuff is made of - David Moser |
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Why do some .zip files appear as a folder and others not?
Don't have a direct answer, but I generally install ZipCentral or 7-Zip,
which are better (free) replacements for the internal zip function. "J. P. Gilliver (John)" wrote: Subject says it all really. I always run Explorer with the tree view on the left. Sometimes, when I focus on a folder with a .zip file in it, it shows as a pseudo-folder below the containing one; sometime it doesn't, and I have to double-click on it (the .zip file), which then opens in a new window. I've just found that, in that new window, I can do View, Explorer Bar, Folders and get what I want, but I'm still puzzled why this happens automatically for some .zip files and not others. (And it means I have one more window open, too.) I haven't installed WinZip or anything - this is just XP's basic Explorer. -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G.5AL-IS-P--Ch++(p)Ar@T0H+Sh0!:`)DNAf ** http://www.soft255.demon.co.uk/G6JPG-PC/JPGminPC.htm for ludicrously outdated thoughts on PCs. ** -------------------------- "This is a wonderful computer. It''s 20yrs old and absolutely reliable. And, in all that time it''s only had four mobos, six processors, two cases, seven OS''s ...." Quantum particles: the dreams that stuff is made of - David Moser Quarks are clearly of female gender, this is evidenced by their indecision. |
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