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File names in blue and not black
Posted by Woody on January 23rd, 2006


I just noticed that the name of my files and folders names are in blue and
not black like before. What does that mean and how can I fix it?

Posted by paul on January 23rd, 2006



"Woody" <Woody@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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means they are compressed



Posted by S.Sengupta on January 23rd, 2006


By default, NTFS-compressed files and folders are displayed in blue color.


How To Use File Compression in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;307987

regards,
S.Sengupta[MS-MVP]


Woody wrote:

Posted by Drew Tognola on January 23rd, 2006


Woody,

Interesting read on this subject: http://kadaitcha.cx/ntfs.html .

In case you're thinking about returning to FAT32:
http://www.symantec.com/home_homeoff...formance/pm80/

Drew


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Posted by D@annyBoy on January 27th, 2006


ntfs ?

While sipping a glass of green tea, I read that Woody wrote in
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