diff --git a/rse/plugins/org.eclipse.rse.services/src/org/eclipse/rse/internal/services/Activator.java b/rse/plugins/org.eclipse.rse.services/src/org/eclipse/rse/internal/services/Activator.java
index 377524abcf8..f7198db3bdc 100644
--- a/rse/plugins/org.eclipse.rse.services/src/org/eclipse/rse/internal/services/Activator.java
+++ b/rse/plugins/org.eclipse.rse.services/src/org/eclipse/rse/internal/services/Activator.java
@@ -20,13 +20,18 @@ import java.text.DateFormat;
 import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
 import java.util.Date;
 
+import org.eclipse.core.runtime.IConfigurationElement;
+import org.eclipse.core.runtime.IExtensionRegistry;
 import org.eclipse.core.runtime.ILog;
 import org.eclipse.core.runtime.IStatus;
 import org.eclipse.core.runtime.Platform;
 import org.eclipse.core.runtime.Plugin;
 import org.eclipse.core.runtime.Status;
+import org.osgi.framework.Bundle;
 import org.osgi.framework.BundleContext;
 
+import org.eclipse.rse.services.clientserver.archiveutils.ArchiveHandlerManager;
+
 /**
  * The main plugin class to be used in the desktop.
  */
@@ -48,6 +53,7 @@ public class Activator extends Plugin {
 	 */
 	public void start(BundleContext context) throws Exception {
 		super.start(context);
+		registerArchiveHandlers();
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -66,6 +72,46 @@ public class Activator extends Plugin {
 	public static Activator getDefault() {
 		return plugin;
 	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Initializes the Archive Handler Manager, by registering archive \
+	 * file types with their handlers.
+	 * @author mjberger
+	 */
+	protected void registerArchiveHandlers()
+	{
+		// Get reference to the plug-in registry
+		IExtensionRegistry registry = Platform.getExtensionRegistry();
+		
+		// Get configured extenders
+		IConfigurationElement[] systemTypeExtensions = registry.getConfigurationElementsFor("org.eclipse.rse.services", "archivehandlers"); //$NON-NLS-1$ //$NON-NLS-2$
+		     	
+		for (int i = 0; i < systemTypeExtensions.length; i++) {
+			String ext = systemTypeExtensions[i].getAttribute("fileNameExtension"); //$NON-NLS-1$
+			if (ext.startsWith(".")) ext = ext.substring(1); //$NON-NLS-1$
+			String handlerType = systemTypeExtensions[i].getAttribute("class"); //$NON-NLS-1$
+			try
+			{	
+				// get the name space of the declaring extension
+			    String nameSpace = systemTypeExtensions[i].getDeclaringExtension().getNamespaceIdentifier();
+				
+				// use the name space to get the bundle
+			    Bundle bundle = Platform.getBundle(nameSpace);
+			    
+			    // if the bundle has not been uninstalled, then load the handler referred to in the
+			    // extension, and load it using the bundle
+			    // then register the handler
+			    if (bundle.getState() != Bundle.UNINSTALLED) {
+			        Class handler = bundle.loadClass(handlerType);
+			        ArchiveHandlerManager.getInstance().setRegisteredHandler(ext, handler);
+			    }
+			}
+			catch (ClassNotFoundException e)
+			{
+				logException(e);
+			}
+		}
+	}
 
 	/**
 	 * Logs an throwable to the log for this plugin.
@@ -113,5 +159,4 @@ public class Activator extends Plugin {
 	}
 
 	//</tracing code>---------------------------------------------------
-
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/rse/plugins/org.eclipse.rse.ui/UI/org/eclipse/rse/ui/RSEUIPlugin.java b/rse/plugins/org.eclipse.rse.ui/UI/org/eclipse/rse/ui/RSEUIPlugin.java
index 3f529165179..5acbb026bbd 100644
--- a/rse/plugins/org.eclipse.rse.ui/UI/org/eclipse/rse/ui/RSEUIPlugin.java
+++ b/rse/plugins/org.eclipse.rse.ui/UI/org/eclipse/rse/ui/RSEUIPlugin.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /********************************************************************************
- * Copyright (c) 2006 IBM Corporation. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2006, 2007 IBM Corporation. All rights reserved.
  * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the terms
  * of the Eclipse Public License v1.0 which accompanies this distribution, and is 
  * available at http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@ import org.eclipse.rse.model.SystemRegistry;
 import org.eclipse.rse.model.SystemResourceChangeEvent;
 import org.eclipse.rse.model.SystemStartHere;
 import org.eclipse.rse.persistence.IRSEPersistenceManager;
-import org.eclipse.rse.services.clientserver.archiveutils.ArchiveHandlerManager;
 import org.eclipse.rse.services.clientserver.messages.ISystemMessageProvider;
 import org.eclipse.rse.services.clientserver.messages.SystemMessage;
 import org.eclipse.rse.services.clientserver.messages.SystemMessageFile;
@@ -472,7 +471,6 @@ public class RSEUIPlugin extends SystemBasePlugin implements ISystemMessageProvi
 			daemon.startDaemon(false);
 		}
 		
-		registerArchiveHandlers();
 		registerDynamicPopupMenuExtensions();
 		registerKeystoreProviders();
 
@@ -983,47 +981,6 @@ public class RSEUIPlugin extends SystemBasePlugin implements ISystemMessageProvi
     	if (viewSuppliers.contains(vs))
     	  viewSuppliers.remove(vs);
     }
-
-	/**
-	 * Initializes the Archive Handler Manager, by registering archive \
-	 * file types with their handlers.
-	 * @author mjberger
-	 */
-	protected void registerArchiveHandlers()
-	{
-		// Get reference to the plug-in registry
-		IExtensionRegistry registry = Platform.getExtensionRegistry();
-		
-		// Get configured extenders
-		IConfigurationElement[] systemTypeExtensions = registry.getConfigurationElementsFor("org.eclipse.rse.ui", "archivehandlers"); //$NON-NLS-1$ //$NON-NLS-2$
-		     	
-		for (int i = 0; i < systemTypeExtensions.length; i++) {
-			String ext = systemTypeExtensions[i].getAttribute("fileNameExtension"); //$NON-NLS-1$
-			if (ext.startsWith(".")) ext = ext.substring(1); //$NON-NLS-1$
-			String handlerType = systemTypeExtensions[i].getAttribute("class"); //$NON-NLS-1$
-			try
-			{	
-				// get the name space of the declaring extension
-			    String nameSpace = systemTypeExtensions[i].getDeclaringExtension().getNamespaceIdentifier();
-				
-				// use the name space to get the bundle
-			    Bundle bundle = Platform.getBundle(nameSpace);
-			    
-			    // if the bundle has not been uninstalled, then load the handler referred to in the
-			    // extension, and load it using the bundle
-			    // then register the handler
-			    if (bundle.getState() != Bundle.UNINSTALLED) {
-			        Class handler = bundle.loadClass(handlerType);
-			        ArchiveHandlerManager.getInstance().setRegisteredHandler(ext, handler);
-			    }
-			}
-			catch (ClassNotFoundException e)
-			{
-				logError("Cound not find archive handler class", e); //$NON-NLS-1$
-			}
-		}
-	}
-	
 	
 	/**
 	 * Initializes the System View Adapter Menu Extension Manager, by registering menu extensions