Windows 7 Setting default program problem

[hungrycamels]

I play Minecraft a lot, and many of the mods that I download use .zip to open. So I used to do this before, but for some reason I uninstalled 7-zip, so I tried re-installing it. The file that I use to open .zip files is the 7zFM (7-zip File Manager). But whenever I try to set that application as the default program by finding it and selecting it, it just doesn't want to change. Please help!

 

[Trouble]

Not sure what might be going on, but you may want to double check by manually opening 7-Zip File Manger and
select from the menu bar Toos->Options
and under the system tab make sure that zip (CompressedFolder) is listed among the Associate 7-Zip with: list
See attachment.
Then click the start orb and type
default programs
and hit enter
select the Associate a file type or protocol with a program link
scoll down near the bottom and find .zip
if not already associated with 7-Zip File Manager
click the Change program button and browse to C:\Program Files\7-Zip
and double click 7zFM.exe
See if that helps.
Regards
Randy

 

[hungrycamels]

Well, that worked with .zip files after I used 7-zip options to associate it. But I still have a problem with .jar files. When I use the default programs>open with window to change .jar to 7zFM and select it, it just closes the browsing window and won't select it. How do I fix this, because it worked with the .zip files?