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Name: jaycee
Date: January 2, 2004 at 17:00:57 Pacific
OS: WIndows XP
CPU/Ram: 1.6, 512
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I just noticed that some of my file names have turned blue. I thought at first I had a virus so i ran virus scan. I had nothing on my machine. Has anyone ever had this and does anyone know what i can do? Thanks so much.


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Name: PimpMasta
Date: January 2, 2004 at 19:13:12 Pacific
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The name of the file turns blue when you encypt a folder.

Try this, open up any folder, go to tools>folder options>view[scroll down]>enable or disable 'Show encrypted or compressed NTFS files in color'


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Response Number 2
Name: Sandman
Date: January 2, 2004 at 20:39:56 Pacific
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Encrypted file names are green.
Compressed file names are blue.

Jennifer you have nothing to worry about. If a file isn't used after a certain amount of days (I'm thinking either 30 or 50 days, not sure though) windows will compresse it to save some space.

Hope this helps,
Sandman


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