Blue Text ????

[Gord]

Can anyone tell me why some text is blue and not black
like usual in explore, add and remove programs area and
other areas as well? Are these special files and or
programs or are they perhaps uncertified files/drivers????
Thank you for any help.

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

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.


Bruce Chambers

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"Gord" > wrote in message
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> Can anyone tell me why some text is blue and not black
> like usual in explore, add and remove programs area and
> other areas as well? Are these special files and or
> programs or are they perhaps uncertified files/drivers????
> Thank you for any help.

[Ken Blake]

"Gord" > wrote in message
...

> Can anyone tell me why some text is blue and not black
> like usual in explore, add and remove programs area and
> other areas as well?


They are compressed files.

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[David]

On Fri, 27 Jun 2003 12:40:58 -0700, "Gord" >
wrote:

>Can anyone tell me why some text is blue and not black
>like usual in explore, add and remove programs area and
>other areas as well? Are these special files and or
>programs or are they perhaps uncertified files/drivers????
>Thank you for any help.

They are compressed files. Just use them as normal. XP will
decompress them on the fly.

I'm not surte. But I think Blue can also indicate EFS Encrypted files.
Maybe some one else can confirm this?


David

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

If the PC user has left the system defaults intact, blue indicates
compressed files and green indicates encrypted files.

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"David" > wrote in message
...
> On Fri, 27 Jun 2003 12:40:58 -0700, "Gord" >
> wrote:
>
>
> I'm not surte. But I think Blue can also indicate EFS Encrypted
files.
> Maybe some one else can confirm this?
>
>
> David

[Alex Nichol]

Gord wrote:

>Can anyone tell me why some text is blue and not black
>like usual in explore, add and remove programs area and
>other areas as well?

This indicates files (or more usually whole folders) that have been
compressed to save space. Usually things that only get occasional use.
The Uninstall folders for Windows Updates ($NTUninstallQnnnnnn$) and the
RPnn system restore points are examples. The ServicepackSourceFiles and
dllcache folders repay compression too. One option in Disk Cleanup is
to compress old files - use that with caution on the system partition
though



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