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What does blue text for file names mean?

Discussion in 'Windows XP' started by JPaterson000, 2006/08/20.

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    JPaterson000

    JPaterson000 Inactive Thread Starter

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    I noticed this earlier in the week, but I didn't really think anything about it. It doesn't seem to be causing problems, but it's more curious than anything. See the following picture.

    http://img238.imageshack.us/img238/6489/textnn8.jpg

    Why are some of the icons in blue text, as opposed to the normal black? I have not changed anything, nothing to do with fonts or colors. I'd assume a program would do this, but nothing I've installed would want to.

    Any ideas?
     
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    It is a compressed file. Black=Normal, Blue=Compressed, and Green=Encrypted.
     
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    Steve R Jones

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    It general means the files are encrypted or have been compressed. Running disk cleanup compresses files....There is an option in tools->Folder options to show encrypted/compressed files in color..
     
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    JPaterson000

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    Ah, got it. Thanks very much.
     
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