File searching in XP

strat

I use XP and i must say that searching for files and folders is a freaking pain cause it searchs every fuking .zip on the hd
how can i stop it searching archives and speed up the whole process ??

and any respons's like "install <other os> - problem soved"
can go fo tbh

ykt0di9url7bc3

its an absolute nightmare, to search for a file in XP and i couldnt find any oiptions to put it back to the win 2K way of file searching

Mr E

Hey hey, kids.... heres what to do:


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.


Problem solved!

To enable old fashioned W2K searching, start a search, click on "Change Preferences", "Change files and folders search behaviour", and change it to advanced.

Hope this helps,
Dave.