Different Color Filenames

[Guest]

Hey all,
I was looking through my computer todayy and found that some of my filenames
had turned blue while some had stayed black.

Does anyone know why that would be?

Well if you could get back to either here or contact me on MSN
([email protected]). Your help and advice would be muchly apreciated

Thanks in Advanced
- darcey -

 

[Stu]

The blue files are encrypted or compressed. This is normal. However, if you
want change them to all black:

Wndows explorer>Tools>Folder Options>View Tab: Show Encrypted or Compressed
Files in Colour - take the tick out.

Hope it helps!

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi Darcey,

The blue ones are compressed. This is not unusual, and does not affect the
system's use of those folders. Certain folders are compressed by design,
like backups of hotfixes ($NtUninstall... folders), and others are done by
running disk cleanup.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

 

[Yves Leclerc]

Hey all,
I was looking through my computer todayy and found that some of my filenames
had turned blue while some had stayed black.

Does anyone know why that would be?

Well if you could get back to either here or contact me on MSN
([email protected]). Your help and advice would be muchly apreciated

Thanks in Advanced
- darcey -

BTW: This is newsgroups and not email tech support! Please return to this
post and read any/all possible answers.

Also, since you now have posted an valid email address, you may get a lot more
spam.

 

[WTC]

Hey all,
I was looking through my computer todayy and found that some of my
filenames
had turned blue while some had stayed black.

Does anyone know why that would be?

These files in "blue" have been compressed by you/someone else or by the
Disk Cleanup utility. If you have selected "Compress Old Files" on the Disk
Cleanup utility then Windows will compress old files that have not been
accessed in 50 days (default) or more. You can configure this value by
starting the Disk Cleanup utility and selecting the "compress old file" then
selecting the "Option" button.

How To Use File Compression in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=307987

 

[Rock]

The blue files are encrypted or compressed. This is normal. However, if you
want change them to all black:

Wndows explorer>Tools>Folder Options>View Tab: Show Encrypted or Compressed
Files in Colour - take the tick out.

Hope it helps!

Blue does not mean compressed or encrypted. Blue is compressed, green
is encrypted, unless the color choice is changed.