Should open with the files contained in the. Then make sure you select to Always use this program to open this kind of file. In the Folders pane (on the left side below theįavorite Links) navigate to Desktop -> Computer -> Local Disk (C:) and search (in the top right) for explorer.exe and select the application explorer. 7z or some other filetype that may not be compatible with the built in compression) and click Open With… -> Browse….

To fix this, click Start -> Computer -> Organize -> Folder and Search Options -> View -> Hidden Files and Folders -> Show Hiddenįiles and Folders -> OK. It is most likely a problem with the file type association. 'This should help those people who can’t find the “Extract All” option. I found this in another forum and it may partially solve the problem (for free) with a workaround (using a different process): I don't know if it works since I want to keep my current association (you should always be careful with third party programs and know you are using them at your Here's an online program whichĬlaims to be able to do this - just click on the zip file and run the program I'm not sure how to set it back so that it uses the Vista program to extract the files (since i use a separate program myself) - perhaps someone else will reply with that information.

Windows Media Player from the association.

Then save the change and from then on zip files should go to your unzipper program. Here's a link to some other unzip programs - some of whidh are free: Click on the change button and insert your unzipping file (you may have to browse to find it - I use ALZip It will probably show Windows Media PlayerĪs the default program (given what you say is happening). Is this what happes when you right click on a zip file and click extract all? Go to Start / Control Panel / Default Programs/ Associate a file type or protocol with a program and then scroll to find.

How do zip files work