Blue means they are compressed.
Open Explorer / Tools / Folder Options / View tab.
The first option is: "Display compressed files and folders
with alternate color". Uncheck to see all black and check
to see both.
Go to 'My Computer' select the drive and click on Properties. There is a
checkbox that is checked that says ' compress drive to save space'. Make
sure you have enough free space and uncheck. It will ask something to the
effect of this folder and subfolders. If you want all uncompressed, select
all folders.
By design, WinXP compresses files that do not get used frequently,
and, if you've left the default settings intact, displays those files
in blue.
If you wish to change this behavior, in Windows Explorer, click
Tools > Folder Options > View > Advanced settings: Show encrypted or
compressed NTFS files in color.
Bruce Chambers
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Blue indicates that the files have been compressed using the compression
in NTFS. Common cases are the $NTUninstall. . folders of files needed
to uninstall updates
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