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What is zipfldr.dll?

Part of Compressed (zipped) Folders by Microsoft

What is it?

Compressing files, folders, and programs decreases their size and reduces the amount of space they use on your drives or removable storage devices Drive compression decreases the amount of space used by all of the files and folders stored on that drive.

What if I disable Compressed (zipped) Folders?

Installing a different compression program to Windows will remove Compressed (zipped) Folders from the right-click menu choices and replace it with the new compression program's icon.

Description of zipfldr.dll from Microsoft

“Folders that are compressed using the Compressed (zipped) Folders feature use less drive space and can be transferred to other computers more quickly. You can work with a compressed folder and the files or programs it contains just as you would an uncompressed folder. Once you have created a compressed folder (identified by the zipper on the folder icon), you can compress files, programs, or other folders by dragging them to it. You can open files directly from compressed folders, or you can ext”

(zipfldr.dll is a system file that is installed with Windows)

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How is zipfldr.dll loaded?

Approved shell extension - zipfldr.dll has a CLSID (globally unique identifier) of {E88DCCE0-B7B3-11d1-A9F0-00AA0060FA31} with and identifier of Compressed (zipped) Folder. When the system detects that the user is downloading an external program that runs as part of the Windows user interface, the system searches for a digital certificate or requests that the user approve the action. If you enable this policy, Windows only starts approved programs.

Compressed (zipped) Folders is loaded by:

explorer.exe (Windows Explorer by Microsoft)

Community

What is the community is seeing?	What is the community is doing?
About 0.3% of all Boost users have the zipfldr.dll file.	Of the 0.3% of zipfldr.dll users, less than 1% have disabled it.

Typical file (disk image) location:

C:\Windows\System32\zipfldr.dll

Are there other versions of Compressed (zipped) Folders?

zipfldr.dll - version 6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255) (this)

zipfldr.dll - version 6.00.2900.5512 (xpsp.080413-2105)

zipfldr.dll - version 6.00.2900.3311 (xpsp.080212-0004)

zipfldr.dll - version 6.00.2900.3300 (xpsp.080125-2028)

zipfldr.dll - version 6.00.2900.3244 (xpsp.071030-1535)

zipfldr.dll - version 6.00.2900.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)

zipfldr.dll - version 6.0.6001.18000 (longhorn_rtm.080118-1840)

zipfldr.dll - version 6.0.6000.16386 (vista_rtm.061101-2205)

What else is related?

explorer.exe (Windows Explorer by Microsoft)

searchfolder.dll (SearchFolder by Microsoft)

occache.dll (Internet Explorer by Microsoft)

freecell.exe (Executable for FreeCell Game by Microsoft)

tapisrv.dll (Serwer Telefonii Microsoft® Windows(TM) by Microsoft)

asctrls.ocx (Formanty Aktywnego Instalatora by Microsoft)

camocx.dll (Biblioteka DLL WIA Camera View by Microsoft)

wmpshell.dll (Uruchamianie Windows Media Player by Microsoft)

photowiz.dll (Kreator drukowania fotografii by Microsoft)

zipfldr.dll (Foldery skompresowane (zip) by Microsoft)

netplwiz.dll (Kreator mapowania dysków sieciowych/miejsc sieciowych by Microsoft)

remotepg.dll (Rozszerzenie CPL sesji zdalnych by Microsoft)

fontext.dll (Folder czcionek Windows by Microsoft)

printui.dll (Biblioteka DLL interfejsu drukowania by Microsoft)

ntlanui2.dll (Interfejs obiektów sieciowych by Microsoft)

themeui.dll (Interfejs API kompozycji systemu Windows by Microsoft)

What Windows OS versions does this run on?

Windows 7 Professional (6.1.7601.65536)

About Microsoft Corporation

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