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The commands, given in this article, will disable or enable the ZIP Folder functionality in Windows Vista

To disable Vista’s ZIP functionality, do the following:

Click start > Run, and type: regsvr32 /u %windir%\system32\zipfldr.dll
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That’s all. The ZIP functionality in Vista is now disabled. You can enable the ZIP folders again by doing the following:

When you’re running Vista with UAC enabled, you might get the following error when trying to print a website to PDF:

Save PDF File AS
You don’t have permission to save in this location.
Contact the administrator to obtain permission.
Would you like to save in the [username] folder instead?

When running a Windows 2003 server with .NET Framework 2 installed, you might find the following error in the event log:

Lost your Office 2007 license key, Windows XP license key or Office 2003 license key? As long as you have installed the software on your computer, you can retrieve the license key from your existing installation!

To speed up your work, try using (and learning) some of the shell commands, listed below. You can type it in your search box in your Start Menu on Vista:

• shell:AppUpdatesFolder - Opens the Installed Windows Updates location in Program and Files.
• shell:AppData - Opens the hidden location C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming