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From: WOLLAM on 10 Mar 2010 14:27 I don't know if this is anything important, but I thought I would ask. About two weeks ago the font color of the file and folder names changed from black to blue. This did not happen on all files and folders, it seems to be random, but it happened to more than a few. Is this something I need to worry about? Any help will be greatly appreciated. WOLLAM
From: Ronin on 10 Mar 2010 14:43 You have enabled file compression for little-used files. The names of files that are compressed are blue and the name of any folder that contains compressed files is likewise blue. To disable this feature, go to the Properties of the drive, folder or file concerned. For the drive, the option is right at the bottom: "Compress this drive to save disk space". For folders and files, the comparable option is behind the Advanced button. -- Ronin "WOLLAM" <WOLLAM(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:AC561BC7-E41D-4107-AC40-1B021FE2B8E0(a)microsoft.com... >I don't know if this is anything important, but I thought I would ask. > > About two weeks ago the font color of the file and folder names changed > from > black to blue. This did not happen on all files and folders, it seems to > be > random, but it happened to more than a few. Is this something I need to > worry about? Any help will be greatly appreciated. > > WOLLAM
From: Big_Al on 10 Mar 2010 14:43 WOLLAM said this on 3/10/2010 2:27 PM: > I don't know if this is anything important, but I thought I would ask. > > About two weeks ago the font color of the file and folder names changed from > black to blue. This did not happen on all files and folders, it seems to be > random, but it happened to more than a few. Is this something I need to > worry about? Any help will be greatly appreciated. > > WOLLAM Blue means they are compressed to save space. Its an option under disk cleanup to compress old files too. There is no harm in it, if you try to read a compressed file the system just uncompresses it.
From: Bob I on 10 Mar 2010 14:43 No, it just means the files and folder are compressed, if encrypted they will be shown in green. WOLLAM wrote: > I don't know if this is anything important, but I thought I would ask. > > About two weeks ago the font color of the file and folder names changed from > black to blue. This did not happen on all files and folders, it seems to be > random, but it happened to more than a few. Is this something I need to > worry about? Any help will be greatly appreciated. > > WOLLAM
From: Jose on 10 Mar 2010 15:21
On Mar 10, 2:27 pm, WOLLAM <WOL...(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > I don't know if this is anything important, but I thought I would ask. > > About two weeks ago the font color of the file and folder names changed from > black to blue. This did not happen on all files and folders, it seems to be > random, but it happened to more than a few. Is this something I need to > worry about? Any help will be greatly appreciated. > > WOLLAM It means you did it. Either from during a Disk Cleanup operation or manually by your own hand. If the blue color is annoying (like it is to me) uncompress them through the folder Properties and be more careful. It will not hurt anything to have compressed files, some folks will say it could lead to performance issues to which I will say - maybe, but show me some numbers. Generally there is no need to compress these days. I think it is from the Win 9X days. You can totally disable the check for files that need compression when using Disk Cleanup - that will sometimes save you a lot of time when Disk Cleanup appears to hang during the operation and looks like it is broken. In modern times, there is usually little reason to compress files and if you have a couple million to check, you may just stop doing Disk Cleanup altogether since it takes so long to check for files to compress, so just tell Disk Cleanup not to do it anymore. Here is how to remove the check: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/812248 |