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Anyone know why some of the file names on my computer are suddenly (and
entirely at random) appearing in blue rather than black? I haven't a clue
what I did to cause this but any advice would be welcome.

Thanks,

Karim434
 
Karim434 said:
Anyone know why some of the file names on my computer are suddenly
(and entirely at random) appearing in blue rather than black? I
haven't a clue what I did to cause this but any advice would be
welcome.
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One of the options in Disk Cleanup is to Compress old files. If you leave
that box checked (and you apparently did), it marks the files it compressed
in blue.
 
Additionally, some folders are automatically compressed, if you're using NTFS as your file system, and NTFS compression is not disabled. These include hotfix backup folders that are created when you install a hotfix for Windows or its included applications.
 
Additionally, some folders are automatically compressed, if you're using
NTFS as your file system, and NTFS compression is not disabled. These
include hotfix backup folders that are created when you install a hotfix for
Windows or its included applications.
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Where is that NTFS compression option found?

Thanks.

DSH
 
There is no way to completely disable it. By default, it is off, but when files are created, copied, etc. by the operating system or other programs, the routine that creates/copies the file can explicitly force compression on for that file operation.
 
Yes, but where in XP can I set it to be on?

The compression function...

Thank you.

DSH


There is no way to completely disable it. By default, it is off, but when
files are created, copied, etc. by the operating system or other programs,
the routine that creates/copies the file can explicitly force compression on
for that file operation.
 
Right click a disk drive in Windows Explorer and select Properties. You'll see this option on the General tab. Note: turning on Compression does not compress files already on the disk. It applies only to new files/folders that are created after you turn compression on.
 
Aha!

Not much use then.

However, when I start Disk Cleanup it tells me "Compress old files".

How Come?

Confusing.

Are there disadvantages to compressing the C:\ Drive?

Thanks.

DSH


Right click a disk drive in Windows Explorer and select Properties. You'll
see this option on the General tab. Note: turning on Compression does not
compress files already on the disk. It applies only to new files/folders
that are created after you turn compression on.
 
As I stated earlier, when files a copied and/or created by the operating system or other applications, such as Disk Cleanup, the parameter can be passed to the operation telling the operating system whether or not to enable compression for that particular file operation.
 
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