Hi,

I have a big problem with opening ZIP files with Internet Explorer. Whenever
I try to open a ZIP file with IE something very unpleasant starts to happen:
IE window starts blinking - pops-up and closes, pops-up and closes...and
again, and again...
And I can't find the way to stop that. The first time that problem occured I
was very frightened because I thought that my computer was going to crash. I
couldn't even shut down because the Start menu was disabled during that
stuppid blinking, so I had to unplug the computer from the circuit. After a
certain time of experiencing this problem I found out that blinking stops by
itself (ending with message which says that IE cannot open the file because
the file name is too long). But it is very poor solution because sometimes
that annoying blinking lasts more than one hour
(probably depending on the size of the file) before it stops in that way.
              Of course, by time, I learned how to avoid this problem - I
first extract files before opening them - but sometimes, in hurry, I forget
to do that and problem
never miss to appear, with all it's bad consequences. So I ask someone to
tell me:
is there any possible way (other than rebooting or unpluging the computer)
to stop that awful blinking of IE window when it starts? And why on Earth it
happens at all?
              I have Vista Home Premium OS and IE 7 instolled on my lap top.