fixing zip associations in Vista

I had a computer where the zip file got associated with some program other than the compressed file and folder thing. But I wanted it associated it back.

I found these good instructions:

http://blogs.msdn.com/mikeormond/archive/2008/04/17/zip-file-extension-association-in-vista-again.aspx

which asked me to run this from a command prompt with admin privilages:

assoc .zip=CompressedFolder

but it didn't work, and then that link led me to these registry fixes, which did work.

http://www.winhelponline.com/articles/105/1/File-association-fixes-for-Windows-Vista.html