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06-27-2006, 11:01 PM
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Blue File Names in Windows Explorer
It seems like it's started recently, but I've begun noticing my filenames (and folders) turning an intense blue colour.
First, half of my music files mysteriously turned blue, and then after I formatted another computer, every file and folder on the system was a nice blue colour. Not particularly concerned, but what is it? Thanks  Edit: I clicked on the wrong forum... can a mod please move this topic to General Software? Thanks!
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06-27-2006, 11:41 PM
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Moved.
Looks like they are compressed files. You can check by right-clicking and clicking on the Advanced button next to the Read-only and Hidden checkboxes.
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06-28-2006, 02:31 AM
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Thanks,
That seemed to be it.
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07-05-2006, 12:23 AM
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By Design, WinXP will compress those rarely use file to save space, the most common compressed files are those system restore points and those uninstallation information files.
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07-05-2006, 09:13 AM
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If you don't run Disk Cleanup, it only compresses service pack backups and stuff like that. If you do run Disk Cleanup, it does compress "seldom used" files - which I don't think is the best idea. Any time you compress a file, performance will suffer if the file is ever accessed, it has to decompress.
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