Path and files that stand out with a bright color?

[Stan Hilliard]

I am helping a friend to free up some space on a hard drive and found
HPselect (5G) in C:\Program Files\. The filenames are suggestive of
games. I plan to uninstall it, but I noticed something unusual. The
characters of the path name and the characters of the filenames stand
out from other paths and files in Windows Explorer. They look lit up
and bright green instead of black.

What does this indicate? Is this any reason to not uninstall it?

Stan Hilliard

 

[Terry R.]

On 3/31/2010 10:43 PM On a whim, Stan Hilliard pounded out on the keyboard

I am helping a friend to free up some space on a hard drive and found
HPselect (5G) in C:\Program Files\. The filenames are suggestive of
games. I plan to uninstall it, but I noticed something unusual. The
characters of the path name and the characters of the filenames stand
out from other paths and files in Windows Explorer. They look lit up
and bright green instead of black.

What does this indicate? Is this any reason to not uninstall it?

Stan Hilliard

Hi Stan,

That shows the files are encrypted:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308993

If you don't want the games, there's no reason not to uninstall them.


Terry R.

 

[Twayne]

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I am helping a friend to free up some space on a hard drive
and found HPselect (5G) in C:\Program Files\. The filenames
are suggestive of games. I plan to uninstall it, but I
noticed something unusual. The characters of the path name
and the characters of the filenames stand out from other
paths and files in Windows Explorer. They look lit up and
bright green instead of black.

What does this indicate? Is this any reason to not
uninstall it?

Stan Hilliard

No, the green would not be a reason to not delete them, but
.... it'll depend on whether yours is the account that
encrypted them or not. I don't think you need to unencrypt
them, but as with any other account, if you didn't create
them, you may not be able to delete them unless you "take
ownership" of the files. For sure, the only account that
would be capable of reading those files would be the one that
created them.
MS encryption is pretty hard to crack.
Likewise, should you find blue file names, those will be
compressed files.

HTH,

Twayne`

 

[sanjacstudent14]

I am helping a friend to free up some space on a hard drive and found
HPselect (5G) in C:\Program Files\. The filenames are suggestive of
games. I plan to uninstall it, but I noticed something unusual. The
characters of the path name and the characters of the filenames stand
out from other paths and files in Windows Explorer. They look lit up
and bright green instead of black.

What does this indicate? Is this any reason to not uninstall it?

Stan Hilliard

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Once a file or folder has been encrypted, it will appear in green.
If you decide you no longer want a file or folder to be encrypted,
right-click it, select Properties, click the Advanced button, uncheck the box
labeled Encrypt Contents To Secure Data, and then click OK. Typically, only
the person who originally encrypted data can decrypt.