icon names in blue

[Guest]

This may be a simple (and possibly dumb) question but when I open up "my
computer" I have recently noticed that the name for my C: drive is written in
the color blue but the names for all the other icons are written in black.
Then when I open up the C: drive I see various icons written in blue and
others written in black. I have never noticed this before and I just wanted
to make sure there wasn't some kind of problem going on. Can anyone help?

 

[Vanguard]

This may be a simple (and possibly dumb) question but when I open up "my
computer" I have recently noticed that the name for my C: drive is written in
the color blue but the names for all the other icons are written in black.
Then when I open up the C: drive I see various icons written in blue and
others written in black. I have never noticed this before and I just wanted
to make sure there wasn't some kind of problem going on. Can anyone help?

A blue-colored folder name means some files or subdirectories underneath it are compressed. A blue-colored filename means it is compressed.

 

[Guest]

On NTFS formatted drives, when a folder or drive is displayed in blue, it
genrally means that compression has been activated for the drive or folder
in question. Right click on the drive or folder and from the menu select
properties.

For a drive, there is a setting toward the bottom of the window that says
"Compress Drive to save space." If that's selected, then that's why you get
the blue colored font which indicates that compression is turned on.

For a folder, click on the Advanced button and the Compressed Contents to
Save Disk Space, should be checked. If it is. that's why you get the blue
font to indicate that the folder in question and its contents are compressed.

I hope this helps.

Best Regards, Phil

 

[Guest]

This may be a simple (and possibly dumb) question but when I open up "my
computer" I have recently noticed that the name for my C: drive is written in
the color blue but the names for all the other icons are written in black.
Then when I open up the C: drive I see various icons written in blue and
others written in black. I have never noticed this before and I just wanted
to make sure there wasn't some kind of problem going on. Can anyone help?

Last time i see like that in my comupter, when i use Propertises of my c:
drive and checked box says "Compress drive to save disk space". Make sure
uncheck that box in properties of C: drive says "Compress drive to save
disk space".

 

[Guest]

Thank so much for your help!! Just so to verify then, it is okay that it is
displayed in blue and there is no problem. Am I correct?

 

[NoNoBadDog!]

Compression is not necessary in most cases. Also, it may slow your computer
down quite noticeably. Finally, if you have a crash and have to reinstall
windows, you may not have access to the folders that are compressed.

I would recommend not using compression, since large HDDs are so cheap these
days.

Bobby

 

[Sharon F]

This may be a simple (and possibly dumb) question but when I open up "my
computer" I have recently noticed that the name for my C: drive is written in
the color blue but the names for all the other icons are written in black.
Then when I open up the C: drive I see various icons written in blue and
others written in black. I have never noticed this before and I just wanted
to make sure there wasn't some kind of problem going on. Can anyone help?

Is the text for C: always in blue or only when it is selected? If only
apparent when an item is selected, there are several settings that may be
at work:
-Folder Options> View> Simple folder view
-Folder Options> General> Single click> Underline icon titles... (two
different options here)

If the text is always blue, see the other responses in this thread.

 

[Guest]

Thank you so much for all of your responses. They were extremely helpful.