I have a series of folders that are light blue. What's it
trying to tell me?

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Izod

Re: Why are some folders in Blue? by John

John
Wed Jun 04 12:35:23 PDT 2008

They're compressed to save disk space.

John

Izod wrote:

> I have a series of folders that are light blue. What's it
> trying to tell me?
>


Re: Why are some folders in Blue? by Ken

Ken
Wed Jun 04 12:48:36 PDT 2008

On Wed, 4 Jun 2008 15:31:11 -0400, "Izod"
<No.Spam.4.cforce@tampabay.rr.com.invalid> wrote:

> I have a series of folders that are light blue. What's it
> trying to tell me?


It's trying to tell you that those folders contain compressed files.

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Re: Why are some folders in Blue? by Bruce

Bruce
Wed Jun 04 17:55:30 PDT 2008

Izod wrote:
> I have a series of folders that are light blue. What's it
> trying to tell me?
>


By design, WinXP automatically compresses files that do not get used
frequently, and, if you've left the default settings intact, displays
those files in blue.

If you wish to change this behavior, in Windows Explorer, click
Tools > Folder Options > View > Advanced settings: Show encrypted or
compressed NTFS files in color.


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Re: Why are some folders in Blue? by Izod

Izod
Thu Jun 05 15:37:07 PDT 2008

Thanks a lot folks. Your help is appreciated.

Izod



"John John (MVP)" <audetweld@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote in message
news:OvUoaonxIHA.4376@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> They're compressed to save disk space.
>
> John
>
> Izod wrote:
>
>> I have a series of folders that are light blue. What's
>> it trying to tell me?
>>
>



Re: Why are some folders in Blue? by John

John
Thu Jun 05 16:33:11 PDT 2008

You're welcome.

John

Izod wrote:

> Thanks a lot folks. Your help is appreciated.
>
> Izod
>
>
>
> "John John (MVP)" <audetweld@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote in message
> news:OvUoaonxIHA.4376@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>
>>They're compressed to save disk space.
>>
>>John
>>
>>Izod wrote:
>>
>>
>>>I have a series of folders that are light blue. What's
>>>it trying to tell me?
>>>
>>
>
>