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lesio

Hi,
I have win XP
why names of some of my folders in "My Computer" are written in blue and
some in black color? does it have to do anything with sharing and
networking?

Lesio
 
It has to do with the NTFS format and compressed folders. Compressed are
named in blue.
"lesio" <blm333@rcn.com> wrote in message
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> Hi,
> I have win XP
> why names of some of my folders in "My Computer" are written in blue and
> some in black color? does it have to do anything with sharing and
> networking?
>
> Lesio
>
 
lesio wrote:
>
> I have win XP
> why names of some of my folders in "My Computer" are written in blue and
> some in black color? does it have to do anything with sharing and
> networking?

Blue text means compressed and green [means] encrypted. Black means
neither of those two. You can't have compressed and encrypted.

Type compression in help for more info. Note this has nothing to do with
Compressed Folders which are zip files. NTFS allows files
to compress/uncompress in the background.

Bruce C. says:
Those are compressed files. By design, WinXP compresses files that do
not get used, and, if you've left the default settings intact, displays
those files in blue.

In Windows Explorer, Tools | Folder Options | View | Advanced settings:
Show encrypted or compressed NTFS files in color.




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On Sat, 30 Jun 2007 15:19:52 -0400, "lesio" <blm333@rcn.com> wrote:

> Hi,
> I have win XP
> why names of some of my folders in "My Computer" are written in blue and
> some in black color? does it have to do anything with sharing and
> networking?


No, it has to do with compression. The blue files are compressed.

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Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User
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