Files names have turned blue?

[TRJ]

I did some kind of file clean up on my Dell Precision PWS690 running Windows
XP Professional and now some of my file names appear blue while others are
still black. What does this mean and how do I restore them back to black
font?

 

[Milt]

TRJ,

The blue files have been compressed to save file space. Don't worry about
them, they'll open just like the black uncompressed ones if you need to open
them.

Milt

 

[Guest]

Sounds like they are compressed

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

I did some kind of file clean up on my Dell Precision PWS690 running Windows
XP Professional and now some of my file names appear blue while others are
still black. What does this mean and how do I restore them back to black
font?

If they are blue, they are compressed files. Do not try to change
their color, unless you don't want to use compression.

 

[Unknown]

Sounds like???????? I didn't hear a thing.

Sounds like they are compressed

 

[Patrick Keenan]

I did some kind of file clean up on my Dell Precision PWS690 running
Windows
XP Professional and now some of my file names appear blue while others are
still black. What does this mean and how do I restore them back to black
font?

It means you compressed them. The way to change the colour back is to turn
compression off.

HTH
-pk

 

[ANONYMOUS]

Sounds like???????? I didn't hear a thing.

Perhaps cleaning your ears will do the trick! When did you last clear
the wax from your ears? City life with all the pollution can block ears
from time to time!

 

[JoeSpareBedroom]

I did some kind of file clean up on my Dell Precision PWS690 running
Windows
XP Professional and now some of my file names appear blue while others are
still black. What does this mean and how do I restore them back to black
font?

Lack of oxygen, obviously. Open your computer case, vacuum out the dust,
reassemble, and your files will turn black again. Make sure there's enough
room behind the computer for the fan to operate correctly.

 

[Unknown]

Sorry, I don't live near you in London.

Perhaps cleaning your ears will do the trick! When did you last clear the
wax from your ears? City life with all the pollution can block ears from
time to time!

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

Lack of oxygen, obviously. Open your computer case, vacuum out the dust,
reassemble, and your files will turn black again. Make sure there's enough
room behind the computer for the fan to operate correctly.

Undoubtedly you meant that as a joke, but over and above any humor in
it, I want to caution everyone here to *never* vacuum the inside of a
computer. Doing so can cause static electricity discharges than can
fry any of many components inside the box.

To clean the computer, use a can of compressed air to blow out any
dust, not a vacuum cleaner.

 

[JoeSpareBedroom]

Undoubtedly you meant that as a joke, but over and above any humor in
it, I want to caution everyone here to *never* vacuum the inside of a
computer. Doing so can cause static electricity discharges than can
fry any of many components inside the box.

To clean the computer, use a can of compressed air to blow out any
dust, not a vacuum cleaner.

You'd turn blue without oxygen, right? Prove to us that files won't suffer
the same fate, Mr. Blake.

 

[VanguardLH]

Undoubtedly you meant that as a joke, but over and above any humor in
it, I want to caution everyone here to *never* vacuum the inside of a
computer. Doing so can cause static electricity discharges than can
fry any of many components inside the box.

To clean the computer, use a can of compressed air to blow out any
dust, not a vacuum cleaner.

To clarify upon the clarification, "air" dusters (aka compressed air
cans) do NOT contain air. Liquid air must be contained in a thermal
flask since it rapidly absorbs heat and would turn gaseous. With a
boiling point of -194.35 C, it would take a LOT of pressure to keep it
liquid and a regulator to reduce pressure on exit. Fluorocarbons are
used in computer dusters because they change to liquid under little
pressure and removal of that low pressure causes them to vaporize
quickly into a gaseous state. Difluoroethane and tetrafluoroethane have
boiling points of -25 C and -26.3 C.

You cannot survive under water by sucking on a can of compressed "air"
used for computer duster cans. Read the label. Inhalation can be
fatal. There is no air inside that can. You aren't using a scuba tank
through a regulator to blow out your computer. The contents are heavier
than air and can collect so you also want to use in a ventilated area
(i.e., don't stick your head inside the case, yuk yuk).

 

[VanguardLH]

You'd turn blue without oxygen, right? Prove to us that files won't suffer
the same fate, Mr. Blake.

Guess that diving computer is diving when I'm under water. Yep, that
must be why the astronauts pipe air into their living quarter so to keep
those files alive. Hmm, wonder how they get the oxygen to the equipment
outside the living quarters.

 

[PA Bear [MS MVP]]

Why don't you go paint that spare bedroom instead of dragging other people's
threads OT with your FUD?

<plonk>

JoeSpareBedroom wrote:

 

[Twayne]

I did some kind of file clean up on my Dell Precision PWS690 running
Windows XP Professional and now some of my file names appear blue
while others are still black. What does this mean and how do I
restore them back to black font?

They have been compressed by the OS because the system thinks they haven
't been used in a very long time. So it compresses them to save space
on the disk.
If you access/use any of them, they will uncompress and turn back to
black color until enough time passes and you let the system compress
them again on one of your next Disk Cleanup chores.

HTH,

Twayne`

 

[Twayne]

Idiot.

Sounds like???????? I didn't hear a thing.

 

[Twayne]

OT Super Idiot

Perhaps cleaning your ears will do the trick! When did you last clear
the wax from your ears? City life with all the pollution can block
ears from time to time!

 

[Twayne]

Classical Super Idiot

Sorry, I don't live near you in London.

 

[Twayne]

It means you compressed them. The way to change the colour back is
to turn compression off.

HTH
-pk

Or use the files; that uncompresses them until next time.

 

[Unknown]

Typical comment from a New Yorker with a superiority complex and
showoff ego.