Black & BLUE files?

[Guest]

Inside folders the files are suppose to be in black text. One day some of
the files seemed at random started being written in a blue text. They are
not files i use a lot or a little. How do i make them go back to black and
why are they turning blue?

 

[David H. Lipman]

From: "Heinyken" <[email protected]>

| Inside folders the files are suppose to be in black text. One day some of
| the files seemed at random started being written in a blue text. They are
| not files i use a lot or a little. How do i make them go back to black and
| why are they turning blue?

Asked and aswered already.

Please don't Multi-Post.
Please learn to Cross-Post to pertinent, On Topic, News Groups instead.

 

[Rhonda Lea Kirk]

Asked and aswered already.

Please don't Multi-Post.
Please learn to Cross-Post to pertinent, On Topic, News Groups
instead.

Where else did he post it, Dave? I'd like to see the answer.

--
Rhonda Lea Kirk

If you ever need some proof that time can heal your wounds,
just step inside my heart and walk around these rooms;
where the shadows used to be.... Mary Chapin Carpenter

 

[Guest]

I'm sorry where is the question asked and answered? i looked everywhere.

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

Inside folders the files are suppose to be in black text. One day
some of the files seemed at random started being written in a blue
text. They are not files i use a lot or a little. How do i make them
go back to black and why are they turning blue?

Answered in another newsgroup. Please do not send the same message
separately to more than one newsgroup (called multiposting). Doing so just
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If you must send the same message to more than one newsgroup, please do so
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[Gord Dibben]

Blue files are compressed.

Green files are encrypted.

Turn off at Start>Settings>Control Panel>Folder Options>View

Uncheck the appropriate option box.

Note: this will not de-compress nor decrypt the files.

Personally, I like to see the colors so's I can keep track.


Gord

 

[Steve N.]

Inside folders the files are suppose to be in black text.
One day some of
the files seemed at random started being written in a blue text. They are
not files i use a lot or a little. How do i make them go back to black and
why are they turning blue?

They turned blue because all the air was squeezed out of them.

They are compressed to save space on disk because they haven't been used
in a while and Windows decided to do you a favor.

Open My Computer, go to Tools, Folder Options, View tab, scroll down to
"Show encrypted or compressed NTFS files in color" and uncheck it.

I prefer to have them shown in color, it makes it easier to find
recently accessed or created files in Explorer.

Steve N.

 

[David H. Lipman]

From: "Heinyken" <[email protected]>

| I'm sorry where is the question asked and answered? i looked everywhere.
|
microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support

 

[David H. Lipman]

From: "Rhonda Lea Kirk" <[email protected]>


|
| Where else did he post it, Dave? I'd like to see the answer.
|

Hi Rhonda:

microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support


Blue file names are compressed files (OS compressed on NTFS partitions)
Black file names are normal files.

 

[Rhonda Lea Kirk]

Hi Rhonda:

microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support


Blue file names are compressed files (OS compressed on NTFS
partitions) Black file names are normal files.

Thank you, Dave.

--
Rhonda Lea Kirk

If you ever need some proof that time can heal your wounds,
just step inside my heart and walk around these rooms;
where the shadows used to be.... Mary Chapin Carpenter

 

[Guest]

Hello all and thanks for the help. Sorry to annoy anyone i had no idea there
was a prodedure to the newsgroups. Once again sorry and i will do better
next time.