Re: WindowsXP "Compressed Files" is missing

I think the OP is asking about XP's native ability to create Zip
folders. I've got XP Home Edition running on a FAT32 partition
and it has no problem creating new compressed folders. NTFS
compression is a whole other subject.

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"Carey Frisch [MVP]" <cnfrisch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Your hard drive must be formatted NTFS in order to have the
> compress files feature. Open My Computer, right-click on
> your drive and select Properties. Under "File System", is
> FAT32
> shown?
>
> CONVERTING FAT32 to NTFS
> in Windows XP
> (by Alex Nichol, MS-MVP)
> http://aumha.org/win5/a/ntfscvt.htm
>
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>
> "dbdan" wrote:
>
> | My XP had a Compress Files option until after recently having
> to do a
> | complete restore on my computer (formatting harddrive, doing
> a reinstall, and
> | restoring folders/files from an external hard drive).
> Compressed (zip) Files
> | no longer appears as an option under File/New. I've tried
> Start/Run and
> | enterring "regsvr32 zipfldr.dll" and restarted the computer
> as suggested in
> | an older thread, but that didn't change anything. XP came
> imbedded in the
> | Sony Vaio Recovery CD's. How can I fix this? HELP!!!
> Thanks in advance.
>


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