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Windows Forum / Windows XP / New Users / April 2008some doc files listed in blue?
My Document Folder displays some file details in black, and others in blue. Does anyone know why and what black OR blue means? Thanks 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. -- Hope this helps. Gerry ~~~~ FCA Stourport, England Enquire, plan and execute ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > My Document Folder displays some file details in black, and others in > blue. Does anyone know why and what black OR blue means? Thanks > Tommy > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > File compression is not the same as compressing a drive. 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! 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 -- Alan Edwards, MS MVP Windows - Internet Explorer http://dts-l.com/index.htm On Sun, 27 Apr 2008 01:29:00 -0700, in microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers, 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 |
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