Go here

[url]http://www.winhelponline.com/articles/105/1/File-association-fixes-for-Windows-Vista.html[/url]

and click on the ZIP link.
If it doesn't install from your browser, save the file to your desktop and
install it from there.

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"vistah8er" <guest@unknown-email.com> wrote in message
news:b6db77ae98667697def159b6e81c3b40@nntp-gateway.com...[color=blue]
>
> Hmmm - I did something stupid. anyways. My friend sent me a zip
> compressed file comprising videos. So when I clicked open - it prompted
> me to choose which program I wanted to open the zipped file in. Since
> it was video files, I clicked on the Windows Media. Windows media could
> not recognize each file but I think reads it as a compressed file... so
> it gave me an error message.
>
> Now every .zip files that I download (be it videos or not), I'm obliged
> to open it with windows media player. How do I revert back to the way
> it was where I would double click and see each file inside the zipped
> folder??
>
> I think I need to change the "open with" program under the properties,
> but I don't know where/what the previous .zip file/program is...
>
> PLEASE HELP. Thank you
>
>
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