Zip files not visible when attaching

[amm]

I'm using Outlook 2003. I have very frequently attached .zip files in the
past, created using the same method (MyComputer..New..Compressed/zipped
folder).

Today, with the selection of all file types from the attachment window, I
cannot view any zip files (even though they are there, visible via
MyComputer). I have successfully sent them from MyComputer, right-clicking
and using the SendTo option.

I've also been notified today by a colleague that one of the zip files that
I sent recently was corrupted; he could open some of the extracted files
fine, others contained symbols/gibberish. I'm not sure if this is a problem
with my zipping program or with Outlook.

Any help is appreciated.

 

[Brian Tillman]

I'm using Outlook 2003. I have very frequently attached .zip files
in the past, created using the same method
(MyComputer..New..Compressed/zipped folder).

Today, with the selection of all file types from the attachment
window, I cannot view any zip files (even though they are there,
visible via MyComputer). I have successfully sent them from
MyComputer, right-clicking and using the SendTo option.

If you have Windows configured to recognize zip files, then it treats them
like folders and you won't see them in browse windows as files. Unregister
the zip file type in order to see them. Open a command prompt window and
type

regsvr32 /u zipfldr.dll

To make Windows treat them as folders again, use

regsvr32 zipfldr.dll