Why are some filenames blue?

[Nathan Sokalski]

There are certain files whose names (and any other fileinfo displayed) are
blue in Windows Explorer. Why are some files blue while some files are
black? I am assuming there is some significance to displaying files in blue,
and I would like to know what it is. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

 

[Anando [MS-MVP]]

Hello Nathan,

The files that have been compressed appear in blue. The files may have been compressed by the user
or by the Disk Cleanup utility.

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[Bruce Chambers]

There are certain files whose names (and any other fileinfo displayed) are
blue in Windows Explorer. Why are some files blue while some files are
black? I am assuming there is some significance to displaying files in blue,
and I would like to know what it is. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

By design, WinXP automatically 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.


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[Z]

There are certain files whose names (and any other fileinfo displayed) are
blue in Windows Explorer. Why are some files blue while some files are
black? I am assuming there is some significance to displaying files in blue,
and I would like to know what it is. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

Right click > Properties.

Is compression turned on?

 

[=?iso-8859-1?Q?Daniel_Mart=EDn?=]

By default, blue files in XP are compressed files.