why do some folder/file names appear in blue, rather than black?

[Richard Darling]

Why do some folder/file names appear in blue, rather than black? I did several searches through MS database...no help.

[Roger Faucher · Accepted solution]

Hi Richard:

I believe a folder name in blue denotes a compressed folder. In My Computer, if you right click a drive and select Properties, at the lower left of the top tab should be a check box marked "Compress x:", where x is the drive letter. I think it only impacts NTFS drives.

[Alvaro Santos]

The blue means the folder/file is compressed.
You can see teh attribute C in the explorer
But this apears now perhaps becouse you changed the Tools->options of you explorer to display compressed files and folders with alternate color.

Alvaro

[Tim Malnati]

Blue is the standard color associated with compressed folders in many of the standard Microsoft folder views (My Computer, Windows Explorer, etc). If you select View -> Folder Options in any of these views there is a check box that causes this alternate color to appear. Also, tweakui allows you to change the color blue to something else.

[Richard Darling]

Thanks...
Richard