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VLC has taken over my Zip files. In Explorer they were shown as VLC files, and when clicked VLC opened, plus when I download a Zip such as a new program VLC opened and tried to play it. It prevented my Zip opening apps from working. I achieved a small improvement by replacing the VLC icon with another (a tree, as I could not remember or find the icon which Zips use) which has stopped VLC from opening, but still prevents Zips launching.


I have Windows 10 with updates, excluding October as it has not arrived yet.


Can someone help me to regain control of my Zips please?

Follow my instructions in this post, but replace WinRAR with whatever zip application you use.