Folder Display Question

[Guest Joe McGuire]

As far as I can recall all my files showed up in Win Explorer in black.

That is, the file names showed up in black whether in the List or Details

view. Recently I noticed that a lot are now showing up in blue, while some

remain in black. Switching between the views makes no difference. Whatever

is blue in List is blue in Details. What is causing this and, more

importantly, should I be concerned? Incidentally the same thing happens in

Word 2003. The files that are blue in Win Explorer are blue in Word.

[Guest Nepatsfan]

Re: Folder Display Question

 

"Joe McGuire" <mcguirejw@REMOVECAPScomcast.net> wrote in message

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> As far as I can recall all my files showed up in Win Explorer in black. That

> is, the file names showed up in black whether in the List or Details view.

> Recently I noticed that a lot are now showing up in blue, while some remain in

> black. Switching between the views makes no difference. Whatever is blue in

> List is blue in Details. What is causing this and, more importantly, should I

> be concerned? Incidentally the same thing happens in Word 2003. The files

> that are blue in Win Explorer are blue in Word.

>

 

 

The files with blue names have been compressed. Windows will compress files that

haven't been accessed recently to save space on your hard drive. Bottom line,

what you're seeing is normal behavior and not anything to be concerned about.

 

To see how this works, right click on one of those files and select Properties

from the menu. On the General page of the files properties sheet, hit the

Advanced button. In the Advanced Attributes dialog notice the check mark in the

box next to "Compress contents to save disk space". Remove the check mark and

click OK. The files name should now be black.

 

If you'd prefer not to see any difference in how files are listed go to Control

Panel and double click Folder Options. Click on the View tab. In the Advanced

settings box, remove the check mark from the box next to "Show encrypted or

compressed NTFS files in color". Click OK.

 

Good luck

 

Nepatsfan