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Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :

Hi everyone - I just noticed that a scattering of files on my computer when viewed through Windows Explorer are now coloured blue. This happened on my old computer and I didn't know what it was - and I still don't... can anyone shed some light on this... phenomenon!?! [Smile]

Thanks,

Andrew

Posted by Ritten (Member # 417) on :

Like they are highlighted?

Posted by Daniel Butler (Member # 1689) on :

They're compressed by the OS to save disk space. If I remember Windows correctly there's an option to turn off compression of files...but you have to decompress the files already compressed individually, by right-clicking and going to Properties. If you *want* to decompress them, that is; there is a bit of an increase in available disk space, but its offset by longer file-access times. However those files that are compressed are supposed to be files that are hardly ever accessed.

Hope this helps.

Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :

Thanks! So it is a reversible thing. Good.