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Virginia
Why do some files listed in the Windows Explorer appear
to be blue, while others remain black?
to be blue, while others remain black?
$NtUinnstallKB839643-DirectX9$, that is-----Original Message-----
That is not necessarily true. Old files are only compressed if you elect to
in disk clean-up. For the larger part, unless you are short of disk space,
you are best off to de-select compress old files in clean-up. Reason being,
it slows the computer down when those files need to be accessed and, there
is "some" chance of corruption when they are compressed and expanded.
Most likely the files in blue, compressed, are the backup files from Windows
Updates. If they are something like,
$NtUinnstallKB839643-DirectX9$, that iswhat they are. In that case, it is safe to delete them if you are not having
problems with that update. Also, if you elect to compress folders manually,
they will show in blue, unless you choose another color.
FWIW, JAX
utility. It finds
rarely
-----Original Message-----
That is not necessarily true. Old files are only compressed if you elect to
in disk clean-up. For the larger part, unless you are short of disk space,
you are best off to de-select compress old files in clean-up. Reason being,
it slows the computer down when those files need to be accessed and, there
is "some" chance of corruption when they are compressed and expanded.
Most likely the files in blue, compressed, are the backup files from Windows
Updates. If they are something like,
Thanks! That the files are compressed do explain why they
appear in blue. The logical question to follow is why do
Windows select these particular files to compress? It
does not seem to be picking the oldest ones? Nor does it
seem to be selecting the largest files either. Any
thoughts?
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