blue text in win explorer!

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Jim Costello

Some of the file and folder names in my partner's computer (win xp) have
turned light blue. No other symptoms noticed. We haven't recognized any
pattern or cause yet. Cause? Fix?
Thanks,
Jim Costello
 
Hi, Jim.

By default, the blue filenames indicate files and folders that have been
compressed. You may have compressed them intentionally, or Disk Cleanup may
have compressed some folders (after you said OK). Compression saves disk
space, and today's CPUs compress and decompress them so quickly that there
is negligible time penalty, so you might as well leave them compressed.

RC
 
Thanks very much

R. C. White said:
Hi, Jim.

By default, the blue filenames indicate files and folders that have been
compressed. You may have compressed them intentionally, or Disk Cleanup
may have compressed some folders (after you said OK). Compression saves
disk space, and today's CPUs compress and decompress them so quickly that
there is negligible time penalty, so you might as well leave them
compressed.

RC
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Microsoft Windows MVP
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Jim Costello said:
Some of the file and folder names in my partner's computer (win
xp)
have turned light blue. No other symptoms noticed. We haven't
recognized any pattern or cause yet. Cause? Fix?
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They are compressed files. It's normal and there's nothing to
fix.
 
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