Microsoft's 'Secret' Zip
UtilitiesMe2 at CHC came up with
this cool hack for Windows 95, 98, NT, 2000. If you can't download his
batch files at CHC then you can make them by cutting and
pasting into Notepad as told to below. If you want to download those files
you will have to join
up as a member.
Quote from Me2 at CHC
Windows ME and XP have the ability to
open, create, and password-protect ZIP files (which Microsoft calls
"compressed folders", for reasons only they and God
know).
Windows NT, 95, 98, and 2000, however, do
not include any way to handle ZIP files. By applying an obscure
Windows 98 update, you can integrate ZIP capabilities into these older
versions of Windows.
If you can't download the batch files at CHC,
cut and paste this section in small print directly below, into
Notepad and save it as 2N.bat for Windows 2000 or NT.
@ Echo Install Microsoft Zip utility
@ Echo Windows 2000
@ Echo Courtesy groups.msn.com/ComputerHelpClub
@ Echo.
MD %windir%\Temp\329048
Copy 329048*.exe %windir%\Temp\329048
CD %windir%\Temp\329048
Ren 329048*.exe 329048.exe
Start "" /wait 329048 /q:a /c /t:%windir%\Temp\329048
Copy dunzip32.dll ..\..\System32
Copy dzip32.dll ..\..\System32
Copy zipfldr.dll ..\..\System32
..\..\System32\Regsvr32 /s %windir%\System32\zipfldr.dll
CD ..
RD /s /q 329048
@ Echo.
@ Echo Zip utility install complete
@ Echo Install Microsoft Zip utility
@ Echo Windows 2000
@ Echo Courtesy groups.msn.com/ComputerHelpClub
@ Echo.
MD %windir%\Temp\329048
Copy 329048*.exe %windir%\Temp\329048
CD %windir%\Temp\329048
Ren 329048*.exe 329048.exe
Start "" /wait 329048 /q:a /c /t:%windir%\Temp\329048
Copy dunzip32.dll ..\..\System32
Copy dzip32.dll ..\..\System32
Copy zipfldr.dll ..\..\System32
..\..\System32\Regsvr32 /s %windir%\System32\zipfldr.dll
CD ..
RD /s /q 329048
@ Echo.
@ Echo Zip utility install complete
If you can't download the batch files at CHC, cut and paste this
section in small print directly below, into Notepad and save it as
9X.bat for Windows 95 or 98.
@ Echo Install Microsoft Zip utility
@ Echo Windows 95, 98, 98se
@ Echo Courtesy groups.msn.com/ComputerHelpClub
@ Echo.
MD %windir%\Temp\329048
Copy 329048*.exe %windir%\Temp\329048
CD %windir%\Temp\329048
Ren 329048*.exe 329048.exe
Start /wait 329048.exe /q:a /c /t:%windir%\Temp\329048
Copy dunzip32.dll ..\..\System
Copy dzip32.dll ..\..\System
Copy zipfldr.dll ..\..\System
..\..\System\Regsvr32 /s %windir%\System\zipfldr.dll
CD ..
Deltree /Y 329048
@ Echo.
@ Echo Zip utility install complete