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All of a sudden, when I open a file in Explorer, some of the content files
appear in blue. What gives??
Dave
 
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
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On Sat, 8 Dec 2007 19:14:03 -0600, in
microsoft.public.windowsxp.general, "Dave" <djbahb@dcwis.com> wrote:

>All of a sudden, when I open a file in Explorer, some of the content files
>appear in blue. What gives??
>Dave
>
 
When you open a "folder" in Explorer, some of the "files" in that folder will be
in Blue because they are Compressed.

Others may be Green because they are Encrypted.

You can turn that color off if you choose, though it does serve a purpose to
have the files colored.

Tools>Folder Options>View

Scroll down near bottom and uncheck the option to show compressed or encryted
files in color.


Gord

On Sat, 8 Dec 2007 19:14:03 -0600, "Dave" <djbahb@dcwis.com> wrote:

>All of a sudden, when I open a file in Explorer, some of the content files
>appear in blue. What gives??
>Dave
>
 
Well - Bill Gates never ceases to amaze me. One of the many things I don't
understand is how these colors appeared. I haven't been in Tools/FO/View in
years.

Thanks all -
Dave


"Gord Dibben" <gorddibbATshawDOTca> wrote in message
news:mohml3hkd6399gg5e1ujiapbbl3inqfsdi@4ax.com...
> When you open a "folder" in Explorer, some of the "files" in that folder
> will be
> in Blue because they are Compressed.
>
> Others may be Green because they are Encrypted.
>
> You can turn that color off if you choose, though it does serve a purpose
> to
> have the files colored.
>
> Tools>Folder Options>View
>
> Scroll down near bottom and uncheck the option to show compressed or
> encryted
> files in color.
>
>
> Gord
>
> On Sat, 8 Dec 2007 19:14:03 -0600, "Dave" <djbahb@dcwis.com> wrote:
>
>>All of a sudden, when I open a file in Explorer, some of the content files
>>appear in blue. What gives??
>>Dave
>>
>
 
Disk Cleanup will compress old files, then they show as blue. Did you
run Disk Cleanup?

Dave wrote:

> Well - Bill Gates never ceases to amaze me. One of the many things I don't
> understand is how these colors appeared. I haven't been in Tools/FO/View in
> years.
>
> Thanks all -
> Dave
>
>
> "Gord Dibben" <gorddibbATshawDOTca> wrote in message
> news:mohml3hkd6399gg5e1ujiapbbl3inqfsdi@4ax.com...
>
>>When you open a "folder" in Explorer, some of the "files" in that folder
>>will be
>>in Blue because they are Compressed.
>>
>>Others may be Green because they are Encrypted.
>>
>>You can turn that color off if you choose, though it does serve a purpose
>>to
>>have the files colored.
>>
>>Tools>Folder Options>View
>>
>>Scroll down near bottom and uncheck the option to show compressed or
>>encryted
>>files in color.
>>
>>
>>Gord
>>
>>On Sat, 8 Dec 2007 19:14:03 -0600, "Dave" <djbahb@dcwis.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>All of a sudden, when I open a file in Explorer, some of the content files
>>>appear in blue. What gives??
>>>Dave
>>>
>>
>
>
 
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