Can I tell Explorer not to search ZIPs?

From: LincolnPT (LincolnPT_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 03/01/05


Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2005 10:35:04 -0800

In Windows Explorer's Search Companion on XP, searching for a filename also
searches through every .ZIP file on my hard drive, slowing down the search.

Is there any way I can tell it not to search for the filename inside ZIP
files?



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