This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable Show extracted files when complete from a ZIP by default for your account in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
Zipped (compressed) files take up less storage space and can be transferred to other computers more quickly than uncompressed files. In Windows, you work with zipped files and folders in the same way that you work with uncompressed files and folders. Combine several files into a single zipped folder to more easily share a group of files.
When you Extract all files from a ZIP, the files will be extracted to the selected folder. By default, it will also open this folder in File Explorer to show the extracted files when complete.
If wanted, you can set to have Show extracted files when complete checked (enabled) or unchecked (disabled) by default in the Extract Compressed (Zipped) Folders dialog.
Contents
- Option One: Enable or Disable "Show Extracted Files when Complete" from ZIP
- Option Two: Enable or Disable "Show Extracted Files when Complete" using REG file
1 Extract all files from a ZIP.
2 Check (enable - default) or uncheck (disable) Show extracted files when complete for what you want, and click/tap on Extract.
1 Do step 2 (enable) or step 3 (disable) below for what you would like to do.
2 Enable "Show Extracted Files when Complete" from ZIP
This is the default setting.
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.
Turn_on_Show_extracted_files_when_complete.reg
Download
(Contents of REG file for reference)
Code:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\ExtractionWizard]
"ShowFiles"=dword:000000013 Disable "Show Extracted Files when Complete" from ZIP
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.
Turn_off_Show_extracted_files_when_complete.reg
Download
(Contents of REG file for reference)
Code:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\ExtractionWizard]
"ShowFiles"=dword:000000004 Save the .reg file to your desktop.
5 Double click/tap on the downloaded .reg file to merge it.
6 When prompted, click/tap on Run, Yes (UAC), Yes, and OK to approve the merge.
7 You can now delete the downloaded .reg file if you like.
That's it,
Shawn Brink
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