Question About Filenames

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Hello. Just recently on my laptop I've been seeing to two colors for
filenames, the normal black text and blue text. Should I have anything to
worry about with the new filename color, and what does a blue text color
filename mean?
 
Hi

Blue files are compressed ones.

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Thanx. If I were to do a disk cleanup and select compressed files to be
deleted, would that delete the file with the blue text?
 
I did a deletion of compressed files within the past week but I didn't see
any blue filenames before I did that (the files that I access the most). But
now that I see blue filenames I'm just wondering if I were to do a disk
cleanup would that delete the filenames in blue completely from the hard disk
drive, would it?
 
CybermatriX said:
I did a deletion of compressed files within the past week
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How did you do that? If you used Disk Cleanup, that doesn't delete
compressed files, it *creates* them, from files you haven't used in a while.

but I
didn't see any blue filenames before I did that (the files that I
access the most). But now that I see blue filenames I'm just
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That sure sounds like you used Disk Cleanup to create them, not delete them.

wondering if I were to do a disk cleanup would that delete the
filenames in blue completely from the hard disk drive, would it?
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No. Again, Disk Cleanup doesn't delete compressed files, it creates them.
 
A handy tip about Disk Cleanup: it is true that Disk Cleanup compiles a list
of files that have not been used in a while and/or other, superflous files
(such as old IE files). When you click "perform this action", it then
compresses some files and deletes others (using it's own, pre-programmed
discretion), thus retrieving some disc space for you, However, if you are
sure none of these files have any use and you want to remove them forever,
you can override this discretion by using Disk Cleanup to compile the list,
then click "view files" to open those files in a new Explorer Window. From
that Explorer Window, you can whatever you like with those files including
deleting them for good if you are convinced the files are absolutely not
necessary..
 
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