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An option to NOT show zip files as expanded in Windows 7 Explorer?
I recently had trouble recognizing the fact that a download was
actually a compressed file. Not likely to happen again, but maybe an option to prevent Windows Explorer from showing compressed files as ordinary folders (with subfolders shown) might be worth a try. I do have file extensions shown, but that didn't help. The zipped folder icon looks the same as a regular icon to me. The problem occurred when I mistakenly tried moving some of the subfolders in the zipped file (shown as a regular folder). Windows had to extract everything in those folders that were being moved to the destination and it took about ten times longer than it should have like when using 7-zip. Is there an option to prevent compressed files from by default showing as regular folder trees in Windows 7 Explorer? I'm using Classic Explorer. Thanks. |
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An option to NOT show zip files as expanded in Windows 7 Explorer?
John Doe wrote, On 5/5/2014 3:08 AM:
I recently had trouble recognizing the fact that a download was actually a compressed file. Not likely to happen again, but maybe an option to prevent Windows Explorer from showing compressed files as ordinary folders (with subfolders shown) might be worth a try. I do have file extensions shown, but that didn't help. The zipped folder icon looks the same as a regular icon to me. The problem occurred when I mistakenly tried moving some of the subfolders in the zipped file (shown as a regular folder). Windows had to extract everything in those folders that were being moved to the destination and it took about ten times longer than it should have like when using 7-zip. Is there an option to prevent compressed files from by default showing as regular folder trees in Windows 7 Explorer? I'm using Classic Explorer. Thanks. The zipped folder icon is different. If not visible, reconfigure Win7's Windows Explorer to show larger icons. Once done, you should notice the zipped folder icon has a 'zipper' -- ...winston msft mvp consumer apps |
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An option to NOT show zip files as expanded in Windows 7 Explorer?
Install a real ZIP program. The limited ZIP
functionality in XP+ is nice for people who don't understand ZIP files, but personally I find it very confusing. It's too easy to open a file and then forget that it's actually inside a ZIP. If you install an actual ZIP program you can then assign ZIP files to that. "John Doe" wrote in message ... |I recently had trouble recognizing the fact that a download was | actually a compressed file. Not likely to happen again, but maybe | an option to prevent Windows Explorer from showing compressed | files as ordinary folders (with subfolders shown) might be worth a | try. I do have file extensions shown, but that didn't help. The | zipped folder icon looks the same as a regular icon to me. | | The problem occurred when I mistakenly tried moving some of the | subfolders in the zipped file (shown as a regular folder). Windows | had to extract everything in those folders that were being moved | to the destination and it took about ten times longer than it | should have like when using 7-zip. | | Is there an option to prevent compressed files from by default | showing as regular folder trees in Windows 7 Explorer? I'm | using Classic Explorer. | | Thanks. |
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An option to NOT show zip files as expanded in Windows 7 Explorer?
John Doe wrote:
I recently had trouble recognizing the fact that a download was actually a compressed file. Not likely to happen again, but maybe an option to prevent Windows Explorer from showing compressed files as ordinary folders (with subfolders shown) might be worth a try. I do have file extensions shown, but that didn't help. The zipped folder icon looks the same as a regular icon to me. The problem occurred when I mistakenly tried moving some of the subfolders in the zipped file (shown as a regular folder). Windows had to extract everything in those folders that were being moved to the destination and it took about ten times longer than it should have like when using 7-zip. Is there an option to prevent compressed files from by default showing as regular folder trees in Windows 7 Explorer? I'm using Classic Explorer. Thanks. Recipe here. Includes .reg files for turning it on and off. http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials...orer-view.html Paul |
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An option to NOT show zip files as expanded in Windows 7 Explorer?
"Mayayana" mayayana invalid.nospam wrote:
Install a real ZIP program. As originally mentioned, I have a real ZIP program. The problem was (before Paul's apparent solution) that Windows was showing downloaded zip files as folder trees. I don't need the confusion. Whenever I download a compressed file, I extract it. For some strange reason, Windows shows compressed files as folder trees, but worse than that is when you mistakenly try to move contained folders. It takes forever, like 10 times as long to extract the files that way. Anyways... The simple solution will be to keep Windows Explorer from showing compressed files as folder trees, as in Paul's reference/citation... http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials...orer-view.html It's at least worth a try. I can't recall ever needing to look into a downloaded zip file before extracting it. There is no risk, so I just extract the thing. And it usually needs to be extracted anyway. |
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An option to NOT show zip files as expanded in Windows 7 Explorer?
"...winston" winstonmvp gmail.com wrote:
John Doe wrote: I recently had trouble recognizing the fact that a download was actually a compressed file. Not likely to happen again, but maybe an option to prevent Windows Explorer from showing compressed files as ordinary folders (with subfolders shown) might be worth a try. I do have file extensions shown, but that didn't help. The zipped folder icon looks the same as a regular icon to me. The problem occurred when I mistakenly tried moving some of the subfolders in the zipped file (shown as a regular folder). Windows had to extract everything in those folders that were being moved to the destination and it took about ten times longer than it should have like when using 7-zip. Is there an option to prevent compressed files from by default showing as regular folder trees in Windows 7 Explorer? I'm using Classic Explorer. The zipped folder icon is different. If not visible, reconfigure Win7's Windows Explorer to show larger icons. Once done, you should notice the zipped folder icon has a 'zipper' How do you know it's a folder? How do you know it's not a compressed single file? If Microsoft is going to confuse the issue without giving me a simple option to turn it off, it should at least warn me when moving subfolders within the compressed file structure. You know, like "Would you like to extract to the destination?" And if it can't find the programmer to warn me that the folders/files being moved are going to be extracted, it could at least warn me that it will take 10 times longer than a real ZIP program to extract the files to the destination. That was the main problem. The move/extraction thing tied up my system for so long I thought it was failing. |
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An option to NOT show zip files as expanded in Windows 7 Explorer?
John Doe wrote, On 5/5/2014 12:58 PM:
"...winston" winstonmvp gmail.com wrote: John Doe wrote: The zipped folder icon is different. If not visible, reconfigure Win7's Windows Explorer to show larger icons. Once done, you should notice the zipped folder icon has a 'zipper' How do you know it's a folder? How do you know it's not a compressed single file? If Microsoft is going to confuse the issue without giving me a simple option to turn it off, it should at least warn me when moving subfolders within the compressed file structure. You know, like "Would you like to extract to the destination?" And if it can't find the programmer to warn me that the folders/files being moved are going to be extracted, it could at least warn me that it will take 10 times longer than a real ZIP program to extract the files to the destination. That was the main problem. The move/extraction thing tied up my system for so long I thought it was failing. It is what it is. One can also look at the file type...for a zipped folder it shows 'Compressed (zipped) Folder'. -- ...winston msft mvp consumer apps |
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