Blue Items...Yet They Work

[Guest]

Okay..for the past month, some of my files like music files, word documets
are blue. The text is blue. Ex: Lets say I want to listen to a song on my
comp. I go to my music folder and I want to listen to, ATC - So
Magical...well the text of the song I read is blue but it works fine. There
is nothing different. It is only certain songs and in certain folders all of
them are blue, and them some arent. I dont know what them being blue means.
If someone could help me I would greatly appreciate it! Thanks!!

 

[Dan DiNicolo]

Filenames listed in the color blue are compressed - meaning that either the
file, folder, or drive in which the folder is located is using the NTFS file
system and has compression enabled. To check, access the file's properties,
and click the Advanced button in the Attributes section.

Dan

 

[Guest]

So does that mean that it is okay? Do I have to worry about anything?

 

[Kenny S]

No there is no problem with that.. they just take up a smaller size now on
your disk.
XP automatically finds files that you have not used for a long time,
and compresses them to free up space. If you dont want this feature you can
disable it. If you want to know how, post here and I will tell you.