Is there some way I can persuade the operating system to decompress all files

I let Disk Cleanup compress many files that I now wish were not compressed.

Is there some way I can persuade the operating system to decompress them?


thanks

Mike
Tue Jan 08 11:56:25 PST 2008

"Academia" <academiaNOSPAM@a-znet.com> wrote in message
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>I let Disk Cleanup compress many files that I now wish were not compressed.
>
> Is there some way I can persuade the operating system to decompress them?
>
>
> thanks
>
Select the files, right click & select Properties, click on Advanced button
and deselect 'Compress contents to save disk space'.
Regards Mike.

John
Tue Jan 08 12:05:30 PST 2008

They can be "uncompressed" en masse from the Command Prompt. Start a
command session and navigate to the root of the drive and use the
Compact command, typically:

cd\
compact /u /i /a /s:\

That will uncompress all the files on the drive. For help on the
command use the /? switch, example:

compact /?

You can issue the command at the root of any folder, it will only
decompress the files in that folder and its subfolders. You can also
right click on the drive or any folder and in Properties>Advanced you
can uncheck the "Compress contents..."

John

Academia wrote:

> I let Disk Cleanup compress many files that I now wish were not compressed.
>
> Is there some way I can persuade the operating system to decompress them?
>
>
> thanks
>
>

Academia
Tue Jan 08 14:04:56 PST 2008

thanks a lot

"John John" <audetweld@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote in message
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> They can be "uncompressed" en masse from the Command Prompt. Start a
> command session and navigate to the root of the drive and use the
> Compact command, typically:
>
> cd\
> compact /u /i /a /s:\
>
> That will uncompress all the files on the drive. For help on the
> command use the /? switch, example:
>
> compact /?
>
> You can issue the command at the root of any folder, it will only
> decompress the files in that folder and its subfolders. You can also
> right click on the drive or any folder and in Properties>Advanced you can
> uncheck the "Compress contents..."
>
> John
>
> Academia wrote:
>
>> I let Disk Cleanup compress many files that I now wish were not
>> compressed.
>>
>> Is there some way I can persuade the operating system to decompress them?
>>
>>
>> thanks
>

Academia
Tue Jan 08 14:05:09 PST 2008

thanks a lot

"Mike Cawood, HND BIT" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
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> "Academia" <academiaNOSPAM@a-znet.com> wrote in message
> news:OUlzi8iUIHA.2000@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>I let Disk Cleanup compress many files that I now wish were not
>>compressed.
>>
>> Is there some way I can persuade the operating system to decompress them?
>>
>>
>> thanks
>>
> Select the files, right click & select Properties, click on Advanced
> button and deselect 'Compress contents to save disk space'.
> Regards Mike.
>
>

John
Tue Jan 08 14:11:04 PST 2008

You're welcome.

John

Academia wrote:

> thanks a lot
>
> "John John" <audetweld@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote in message
> news:ehWqlGjUIHA.1208@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>
>>They can be "uncompressed" en masse from the Command Prompt. Start a
>>command session and navigate to the root of the drive and use the
>>Compact command, typically:
>>
>>cd\
>>compact /u /i /a /s:\
>>
>>That will uncompress all the files on the drive. For help on the
>>command use the /? switch, example:
>>
>>compact /?
>>
>>You can issue the command at the root of any folder, it will only
>>decompress the files in that folder and its subfolders. You can also
>>right click on the drive or any folder and in Properties>Advanced you can
>>uncheck the "Compress contents..."
>>
>>John
>>
>>Academia wrote:
>>
>>
>>>I let Disk Cleanup compress many files that I now wish were not
>>>compressed.
>>>
>>>Is there some way I can persuade the operating system to decompress them?
>>>
>>>
>>>thanks
>>
>
>