I had to install newist winzip on my machine to fix a zip package that was screwed by it.
well, I realized it screwed my file assocs too.
I mean, when I uninstalled it, couldn't get my cab-files open anymore.
thus, found this:
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/file_assoc.htm

and voila, they open up again
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