7z, Rar and compressed files in general

[afdc98]

Hello, I have the latest development build of Explorer++, and, for some reason, 7z and Rar files are opened in the app itself, and not in the program I have set as default (7-zip).

The problem with this is that some compression types are not supported by Explorer++, as well as files with password, so I always receive an error message, and I have to go to the contextual menu > open with > 7zip, and it's like this for every compressed file at this point. I have set my default app for opening 7z to 7zip, and it's still happening. Can anyone give me a solution?

I know there's an option to disable opening zip files in Explorer++ in Preferences, but there is none for rar and 7z, so I think the fix would be easy: to display a checkmark for compressed files in general, and not just zip files.

Thanks a lot!

[topbanana]

Did you update windows at that time?
Windows recently added native (but not complete) support for 7zip, Rar, etc. This might explain what you're seeing, like for password protected archives...

I took the old .reg file that was floating around the web that disabled archives from showing as folders in Explorer (Explorer++ also) and added the new archive types. So none show as folders, which some of my folders becomes a hideous mess!!! So you can then reset these file types to open with 7zip, WinRar, whichever you choose. Just right-click and pick "Open with", then "Choose another app", then pick "7zip" and select "Always".
These changes don't disable Explorer's ability to extract them. These options remain on the right-click menu.

Save the following as a .reg file and merge it, and it'll probably sort out your issue.

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Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CABFolder\CLSID]
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ArchiveFolder\CLSID]
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CompressedFolder\CLSID]

[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\.7z\CLSID]
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\.bz2\CLSID]
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\.cab\CLSID]
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\.gz\CLSID]
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\.rar\CLSID]
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\.tar\CLSID]
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\.tbz2\CLSID]
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\.txz\CLSID]
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\.tzst\CLSID]
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\.zip\CLSID]
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\.zst\CLSID]
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\.xz\CLSID]

[afdc98]

Okay this solution seems to work, thanks a lot! It really saved up a lot of time