Blue Filenames?

[J]

Does anyone know why certain filenames in
a folder have blue text and some black?

[Doug Knox MS-MVP]

Blue indicates a Compressed (not ZIPped) file on an NTFS formatted hard
disk. See Help and Support and search for "compressed files"

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"J" > wrote in message
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> Does anyone know why certain filenames in
> a folder have blue text and some black?

[Thorsten Matzner]

"J" > wrote:

>Does anyone know why certain filenames in
>a folder have blue text and some black?

The blue files/folders are compressed.
"HOW TO: Use File Compression in Windows XP"
(http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=307987)

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[J]

Thank you, Doug.


>-----Original Message-----
>Blue indicates a Compressed (not ZIPped) file on an NTFS
formatted hard
>disk. See Help and Support and search for "compressed
files"
>
>--
>Doug Knox, MS-MVP Windows XP/ Windows Smart Display
>Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and Fixes
>http://www.dougknox.com
>--------------------------------
>Associate Expert
>ExpertZone - http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
>--------------------------------
>Please reply only to the newsgroup so all may benefit.
>Unsolicited e-mail is not answered.
>
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>> Does anyone know why certain filenames in
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