Guest Murena Kid Posted July 13, 2008 Posted July 13, 2008 Some days ago I ran the disk cleanup and now all the files contained in some older folders have their names in blue instead of black. I read on the internet that files with blue name are compressed files. The problem is that I can't open anymore those files. Pictures shows a "preview not available" error. For wmv, avi and mpeg I get an error saying the codecs are wrong or it's not a video file or something like that. Text files open but I get only random symbols and letters inside. I am quite confused and worried. Any suggestions? Sorry for my English, I am Italian!
Guest Lanwench [MVP - Exchange] Posted July 13, 2008 Posted July 13, 2008 Re: "Blue" files won't open Murena Kid <ag@a.a> wrote: > Some days ago I ran the disk cleanup and now all the files contained > in some older folders have their names in blue instead of black. > I read on the internet that files with blue name are compressed > files. The problem is that I can't open anymore those files. > Pictures shows a "preview not available" error. For wmv, avi and mpeg > I get an error saying the codecs are wrong or it's not a video file > or something like that. Text files open but I get only random symbols > and letters inside. I am quite confused and worried. Any suggestions? > Sorry for my English, I am Italian! Right-click on the files (or parent folder...) and go to the properties / advanced button - you should be able to untick the box for compression. Tip: to remove the option to "compress old files" from Disk Cleanup, open the registry, and expand HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VolumeCaches. Find & delete Compress Old Files. I do this on all my workstations - I don't like this "feature" as it can cause problems and shouldn't be necessary, as disk space is relatively cheap nowadays.
Guest M8RIX Posted July 14, 2008 Posted July 14, 2008 Re: "Blue" files won't open Sorry I don't have an answer for you, but I did want to tell you that your English is much better than alot of Americans that post here. "Murena Kid" <ag@a.a> wrote in message news:4879e447$0$40311$4fafbaef@reader5.news.tin.it... > Some days ago I ran the disk cleanup and now all the files contained in > some older folders have their names in blue instead of black. > I read on the internet that files with blue name are compressed files. The > problem is that I can't open anymore those files. > Pictures shows a "preview not available" error. For wmv, avi and mpeg I > get an error saying the codecs are wrong or it's not a video file or > something like that. Text files open but I get only random symbols and > letters inside. > I am quite confused and worried. Any suggestions? > Sorry for my English, I am Italian! >
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