How do I disable automatic file recovery

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"I'm trying to disable the zip file search on XP, but XP keeps undoing my changes.

Specifically, when I delete zipfldr.dll, it keeps coming back."

What does this have to do with the "automatic file recovery"?

Perhap you should configure the "automatic file recovery" software that you've obviouly installed because there is no such thing in XP!

Windows XP will automatically replace essential files for the core operating system. You cannot disable this system, called 'Windows File Protection'.

Corrupted files are surveyed and replaced with extracted files from compressed 'cache' files, located in C:\system root\System32\Dllcache. See the Microsoft support article:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q222193/

You might check to see if the zipfldr.dll resides among the cache files. If so, you cannot delete it (well, sure, but it will be automatically replaced).

Rick/Portland, OR