File names are blue in My Documents folder

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For some reason, certain file names in the My Documents folder appear as
blue. I can see no pattern. Some files are old, some new. Some are docs, some
..exe's, some JPEGs. Anyone know?

 

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Hi

They are compressed files. Have a look in Help and Support for info. on
those type of files.

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"Yugcam" <Yugcam@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:B741BDE1-DD1C-4FC6-9FB6-39AE940F6927@microsoft.com...
> For some reason, certain file names in the My Documents folder appear as
> blue. I can see no pattern. Some files are old, some new. Some are docs,
> some
> .exe's, some JPEGs. Anyone know?

 

[Alias]

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Those are compressed files that became compressed when you did a clean up
and had "compress old files" ticked. Personally, I don't compress anything
and if you want to uncompress the files, right click on them and go to
properties and untick where appropriate. You can also do a Ctrl A and un
compress a bunch at once and it might take some time.

Alias
"Yugcam" <Yugcam@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote

> For some reason, certain file names in the My Documents folder appear as
> blue. I can see no pattern. Some files are old, some new. Some are docs,
> some
> .exe's, some JPEGs. Anyone know?

 

[Guest]

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Thanks! That cleared it up. I figured it was something simple.

"Alias" wrote:

> Those are compressed files that became compressed when you did a clean up
> and had "compress old files" ticked. Personally, I don't compress anything
> and if you want to uncompress the files, right click on them and go to
> properties and untick where appropriate. You can also do a Ctrl A and un
> compress a bunch at once and it might take some time.
>
> Alias
> "Yugcam" <Yugcam@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
>
> > For some reason, certain file names in the My Documents folder appear as
> > blue. I can see no pattern. Some files are old, some new. Some are docs,
> > some
> > .exe's, some JPEGs. Anyone know?
>
>
>

 

[Alias]

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You're welcome.

Alias

"Yugcam" <Yugcam@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote

> Thanks! That cleared it up. I figured it was something simple.
>
> "Alias" wrote:
>
>> Those are compressed files that became compressed when you did a clean up
>> and had "compress old files" ticked. Personally, I don't compress
>> anything
>> and if you want to uncompress the files, right click on them and go to
>> properties and untick where appropriate. You can also do a Ctrl A and un
>> compress a bunch at once and it might take some time.
>>
>> Alias
>> "Yugcam" <Yugcam@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
>>
>> > For some reason, certain file names in the My Documents folder appear
>> > as
>> > blue. I can see no pattern. Some files are old, some new. Some are
>> > docs,
>> > some
>> > .exe's, some JPEGs. Anyone know?
>>
>>
>>