file compression in vista

up until this week when i downloaded files were large, windows automatically
compressed them, placing them in a folder with a zipper on it. all of a
sudden it does not do that anymore.
that part of vista is not working. my computer is a month old. i understand
that this automatic compression is intrinsic to the vista system and may not
have a file extension.
how can i repair vista to get this feature back.
andrea

petpathways;629957 Wrote:
> up until this week when i downloaded files were large, windows
> automatically
> compressed them, placing them in a folder with a zipper on it. all of a
> sudden it does not do that anymore.
> that part of vista is not working. my computer is a month old. i
> understand
> that this automatic compression is intrinsic to the vista system and
> may not
> have a file extension.
> how can i repair vista to get this feature back.
> andrea

Hi Andrea,

I never heard of Vista automatically placing files in a ZIP or
Compressed folder, but this will show you how to restore the built-in
ZIP feature of Vista.

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/65...ile-vista.html

Shawn


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thanks for this easy solution. can you explain to me how this happened. also
is there a way to get the start menu to look a little bit more normal. it is
much too cumbersome getting to the run fuction etc.
andrea

"Brink" wrote:

>
> petpathways;629957 Wrote:
> > up until this week when i downloaded files were large, windows
> > automatically
> > compressed them, placing them in a folder with a zipper on it. all of a
> > sudden it does not do that anymore.
> > that part of vista is not working. my computer is a month old. i
> > understand
> > that this automatic compression is intrinsic to the vista system and
> > may not
> > have a file extension.
> > how can i repair vista to get this feature back.
> > andrea
>
> Hi Andrea,
>
> I never heard of Vista automatically placing files in a ZIP or
> Compressed folder, but this will show you how to restore the built-in
> ZIP feature of Vista.
>
> http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/65...ile-vista.html
>
> Shawn
>
>
> --
> Brink
>
> *There are no dumb questions, just the people that do not ask them.*
> '*Vista x64 Forums*'
> (http://www.vistax64.com/index.php?referrerid=2980)
> *Please post feedback to help others.*
>

No version of Windows has ever automatically zipped downloaded files. If
you were seeing this it must have involved a third party program or browser
add-on.
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"petpathways" <petpathways@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:F3520D17-790E-4DB6-8A5B-432AF2F78084@microsoft.com...
> up until this week when i downloaded files were large, windows
> automatically
> compressed them, placing them in a folder with a zipper on it. all of a
> sudden it does not do that anymore.
> that part of vista is not working. my computer is a month old. i
> understand
> that this automatic compression is intrinsic to the vista system and may
> not
> have a file extension.
> how can i repair vista to get this feature back.
> andrea

Petpathways

You can select to show the 'Run' command on the Start Menu. Right click the
Start Button and select Properties/Customize Button. One of the options
there is 'Run Command', place a check mark in this option Apply/OK. You can
also simply press the WINKEY+R to bring up the Run Command box.

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Ronnie Vernon
Microsoft MVP
Windows Desktop Experience


"petpathways" <petpathways@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:B613C3C7-EC7E-459E-889A-F098CD780FEC@microsoft.com...
> thanks for this easy solution. can you explain to me how this happened.
> also
> is there a way to get the start menu to look a little bit more normal. it
> is
> much too cumbersome getting to the run fuction etc.
> andrea
>
> "Brink" wrote:
>
>>
>> petpathways;629957 Wrote:
>> > up until this week when i downloaded files were large, windows
>> > automatically
>> > compressed them, placing them in a folder with a zipper on it. all of a
>> > sudden it does not do that anymore.
>> > that part of vista is not working. my computer is a month old. i
>> > understand
>> > that this automatic compression is intrinsic to the vista system and
>> > may not
>> > have a file extension.
>> > how can i repair vista to get this feature back.
>> > andrea
>>
>> Hi Andrea,
>>
>> I never heard of Vista automatically placing files in a ZIP or
>> Compressed folder, but this will show you how to restore the built-in
>> ZIP feature of Vista.
>>
>> http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/65...ile-vista.html
>>
>> Shawn
>>
>>
>> --
>> Brink
>>
>> *There are no dumb questions, just the people that do not ask them.*
>> '*Vista x64 Forums*'
>> (http://www.vistax64.com/index.php?referrerid=2980)
>> *Please post feedback to help others.*
>>