Why are files blue in windows

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If I copy blue files onto another hard drive, will they still be compressed? I need to move them from an XP computer to a Windows 7 computer, and many necessary data files are in Program Files or Documents and Settings. Comment from Andy Rathbone Time May 10, at am. Dave: The answer depends on how your new PC is set up.

Try copying one file over and see if it stays compressed blue. That will give you the answer. Comment from Lisa Time July 31, at pm. The 2nd solution helped me with the folder options. Funny how a little thing like different colored files can drive someone bananas. Comment from Asim Time August 13, at am.

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When uncheck both options from Compress and Encrypted attributes, is there any data loss while decrypting and decompressing. Comment from Andy Rathbone Time December 17, at am.

Comment from Dean D. Time February 11, at pm. I did compress my files recently and half of the files were in blue and half in black. Now they are all in black as I wanted. Thanks for your help. Comment from Lisa Time August 31, at am. Is there any way this happens automatically or does one actually have to go in and check that option to compress?

How I added more disk space with out any hassles or costing me an arm and a leg! When I was browsing around on my Windows computer the other day, I noticed some files are displayed blue and others are black when I view them in My Computer. I'm sure there is a reason why they are different but am not sure why.

Should I be concerned? There is nothing worse than that sinking feeling when you see something out of the ordinary on your Computer hard drive that you never saw before. Immediately you start to think of a virus or spyware. What really is going on here is that you are viewing files that have been compressed by Windows. And, more than likely, one of your folder view options settings is set to display compressed NTFS files in color.

The reason compression is being used, is to save disk space on your hard drive. Back in the early days of computers, having plenty of hard drive space was minimal compared to today's mammoth hard drives see some of these drives here. Those days, we did anything to f ree up disk space in Windows , including using compression to squeeze down the size of files and folders. You can follow the question or vote as helpful, but you cannot reply to this thread.

I have the same question Report abuse. Details required :. Cancel Submit. Debleena S. Hi MartynM, The files which are blue in color are the compressed files. If you want to uncompress the files, you may follow these steps: a. Click on Start , and then click My Computer.