some doc files listed in blue?

T

Tommyt63

My Document Folder displays some file details in black, and others in blue.
Does anyone know why and what black OR blue means? Thanks
 
G

Gerry

Tommy

Blue type is commonly used in Windows Explorer to indicate compressed
files.
How To Use File Compression in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307987

File compression is not the same as compressing a drive.


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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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Alan Edwards

Black is normal, blue is compressed and green is encrypted.
WinXP automatically compresses files that do not get used frequently.
You can alter this if desired in Windows Explorer-Tools-Folder
Options-View - "Show encrypted or compressed NTFS files in color"

....Alan
 
P

philo

Gerry said:
Tommy

Blue type is commonly used in Windows Explorer to indicate compressed
files.
How To Use File Compression in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307987

File compression is not the same as compressing a drive.
Click to expand...



That's correct.

No harm in having files compressed on an NTFS drive.

It's not at all the same as compressing a fat16 drive!
 

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