dbookbinder

Glad to help. I, too, spent way too much time, first trying to find out what it did and then to be permanently rid of it. I've posted...

The proper way to remove this insidious program is the one I outlined above. Forget about autoruns, disabling tasks, disabling services...

This is an old thread, but because this problem seems to plague a lot of HP users, here's how to get rid of HP One Agent permanently...

In the past, I've used WinRAR and WinZIP, but 7-Zip is free and seems to do anything I need to do with archives. In any case, it's nice...

Thanks. I have alternative ways to create Zip files, including the one you mention and using 7-Zip. The built-in method, when it works...

Uninstalled 7-zip with Revo Uninstaller, scanned with Advanced, and removed all traces of 7-zip. Rebooted, ran Brink's .zip reg file...

What I said was, "When I select some files, right-click, and select "Compress to Zip file," instead of getting a ZIP file, I'm prompted...

Like I said, I didn't associate 7-zip with .zip, so uninstalling 7-zip and resetting the association may not solve the problem. But I'll...

If it works, it seems likely that 7-Zip is the problem, since removing it (theoretically) solved the problem. But, time and testing will...

Okay, thanks. I'll give that a shot. If it works, then the issue is 7-zip, even though it's not associated with the .Zip extension (or...

I don't recall whether it worked or not, because mostly I've used 7-Zip, as I've previously needed to add a password. I no longer need...

Mea culpa. I didn't have the links handy and have found one, see below. I did try resetting the .ZIP association with the ZIP restore...

Sorry. I didn't have the links, but here's one: "Compress to ZIP File" does not work The pages I mentioned suggested resetting the...

When I select some files, right-click, and select "Compress to Zip file," instead of getting a ZIP file, I'm prompted for a program to...

Never mind. I uninstalled Bitdefender. Slowed down other applications, along with this annoyance.