How to disable the Windows built-in zip functionality

Is there anyway to disable the built-in zip functionality without using other zip programs?

Answer

Try this article. Here's a short summary:

run the following command: regsvr32 /u %windir%\system32\zipfldr.dll

Want to re-enable the built in zip capability, run the following command: regsvr32 %windir%\system32\zipfldr.dll