Mary Sauer: Blue File Names

Mary Sauer wrote:
In the Windows folder? They are usually updates, service packs and the like. If
you have "hidden folders" enabled you will see them.

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Hi Mary, thanks for the fast reply. When I open up Microsoft Publisher

2002, then click on "FILE", then click on "OPEN", then click on one of
my file folders, some of the font colors of the publisher document file

names are in the bright color of blue while all the others are black.
This has NEVER happened before. Any thoughts?

Thanks...Tom Gearhart

wrote:
Hi Mary, thanks for the fast reply. When I open up
Microsoft Publisher

2002, then click on "FILE", then click on "OPEN", then
click on one of my file folders, some of the font colors
of the publisher document file

names are in the bright color of blue while all the
others are black. This has NEVER happened before. Any
thoughts?

Thanks...Tom Gearhart

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Maybe the files are compressed?

Right click one of the blue files and from
the menu...choose...Properties / General
tab / Advanced button...

Uncheck...Compress Contents To Save
Disk Space...OK / Apply / OK..

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John Inzer

John Inzer wrote:
Maybe the files are compressed?

Right click one of the blue files and from
the menu...choose...Properties / General
tab / Advanced button...

Uncheck...Compress Contents To Save
Disk Space...OK / Apply / OK..

WOW! Thanks, John! That was it. How the hell did you know that? All the
files with a blue font color are compressed. I didn't do it, so how did
they get compressed? I take it that there is no danger in letting them
stay compressed?

Again, thanks!

Tom Gearhart

If you use Disc Cleanup and don't pay attention to the prompts it will
compress unused files.



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| John Inzer wrote:
| Maybe the files are compressed?
|
| Right click one of the blue files and from
| the menu...choose...Properties / General
| tab / Advanced button...
|
| Uncheck...Compress Contents To Save
| Disk Space...OK / Apply / OK..
|
| WOW! Thanks, John! That was it. How the hell did you know that? All the
| files with a blue font color are compressed. I didn't do it, so how did
| they get compressed? I take it that there is no danger in letting them
| stay compressed?
|
| Again, thanks!
|
| Tom Gearhart
|

wrote:
WOW! Thanks, John! That was it. How the hell did you know that? All the
files with a blue font color are compressed.

Blue is Windows secret code for compressed. It's one of the things you
pick up after a while.

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Ed Bennett - MVP Microsoft Publisher
http://ed.mvps.org/