What do the colors mean?

[PSaunders]

When I go to open a file in Office XP or look at a file in
Windows Explorer, the file names are black and blue (no, I
didn't beat them up) but I can't figure out what the
colors signify. Any help?

[Mike Kolitz]

Blue files are compressed, green files are encrypted. Black files are
neither.

--
Mike Kolitz MCSE 2000
MS-MVP - Windows Setup and Deployment


"PSaunders" > wrote in message
...
> When I go to open a file in Office XP or look at a file in
> Windows Explorer, the file names are black and blue (no, I
> didn't beat them up) but I can't figure out what the
> colors signify. Any help?

[Amethyst]

PSaunders wrote:
> When I go to open a file in Office XP or look at a file in
> Windows Explorer, the file names are black and blue (no, I
> didn't beat them up) but I can't figure out what the
> colors signify. Any help?


If you'd spent the couple of minutes it took you to compose your post
searching the group you'd have found your answer. Search for it - this is an
FAQ.
--
Cassandra
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Too!'

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Thanks Mike


>-----Original Message-----
>Blue files are compressed, green files are encrypted.
Black files are
>neither.
>
>--
>Mike Kolitz MCSE 2000
>MS-MVP - Windows Setup and Deployment
>
>
>"PSaunders" > wrote in message
...
>> When I go to open a file in Office XP or look at a file
in
>> Windows Explorer, the file names are black and blue
(no, I
>> didn't beat them up) but I can't figure out what the
>> colors signify. Any help?
>
>
>.
>

Thanks so much for your gracious help for a new XP user.


>-----Original Message-----
>PSaunders wrote:
>> When I go to open a file in Office XP or look at a file=20
in
>> Windows Explorer, the file names are black and blue=20
(no, I
>> didn't beat them up) but I can't figure out what the
>> colors signify. Any help?
>
>
>If you'd spent the couple of minutes it took you to=20
compose your post
>searching the group you'd have found your answer. Search=20
for it - this is an
>FAQ.
>--=20
>Cassandra
>Card carrying member of the Fresh Start Club 'The Undead=20
Are People
>Too!'
>
>Reply address is fake. Please send all praise, abuse,=20
insults, bequests
>of =A31million to cassandra (at) craigy34 (dot) freeserve=20
(dot) co (dot)
>uk. Change the obvious to the obvious.
>Private requests for assistance will not be acknowledged.=20
Please post
>all correspondence to the group so that all may benefit.=20
Thank you.
>
>
>.
>

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

By design, WinXP compresses files that do not get used frequently,
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.


Bruce Chambers

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"PSaunders" > wrote in message
...
> When I go to open a file in Office XP or look at a file in
> Windows Explorer, the file names are black and blue (no, I
> didn't beat them up) but I can't figure out what the
> colors signify. Any help?

[Unknown]

Blue is a compressed file, black is not compressed.
> wrote in message
...
Thanks so much for your gracious help for a new XP user.


>-----Original Message-----
>PSaunders wrote:
>> When I go to open a file in Office XP or look at a file
in
>> Windows Explorer, the file names are black and blue
(no, I
>> didn't beat them up) but I can't figure out what the
>> colors signify. Any help?
>
>
>If you'd spent the couple of minutes it took you to
compose your post
>searching the group you'd have found your answer. Search
for it - this is an
>FAQ.
>--
>Cassandra
>Card carrying member of the Fresh Start Club 'The Undead
Are People
>Too!'
>
>Reply address is fake. Please send all praise, abuse,
insults, bequests
>of £1million to cassandra (at) craigy34 (dot) freeserve
(dot) co (dot)
>uk. Change the obvious to the obvious.
>Private requests for assistance will not be acknowledged.
Please post
>all correspondence to the group so that all may benefit.
Thank you.
>
>
>.
>

[Unknown]

What you need to do is get a mirror, look into it and ask the person you see
why he/she is such an obnoxious idiot with a 'I'm better than you are
attitude'.
"Amethyst" > wrote in message
...
> PSaunders wrote:
> > When I go to open a file in Office XP or look at a file in
> > Windows Explorer, the file names are black and blue (no, I
> > didn't beat them up) but I can't figure out what the
> > colors signify. Any help?
>
>
> If you'd spent the couple of minutes it took you to compose your post
> searching the group you'd have found your answer. Search for it - this is
an
> FAQ.
> --
> Cassandra
> Card carrying member of the Fresh Start Club 'The Undead Are People
> Too!'
>
> Reply address is fake. Please send all praise, abuse, insults, bequests
> of £1million to cassandra (at) craigy34 (dot) freeserve (dot) co (dot)
> uk. Change the obvious to the obvious.
> Private requests for assistance will not be acknowledged. Please post
> all correspondence to the group so that all may benefit. Thank you.
>
>

[Ted]

"Amethyst" > wrote in message =
...
> PSaunders wrote:
> > When I go to open a file in Office XP or look at a file in
> > Windows Explorer, the file names are black and blue (no, I
> > didn't beat them up) but I can't figure out what the
> > colors signify. Any help?
>=20
>=20
> Search for it - this is an
> FAQ.

"An" FAQ what? You gormless ****ing pillocking ****, you violate your =
own proper posting rules!