some file names have turned BLUE while looking with Windows Explorer?

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some file names have turned BLUE while looking with Windows Explorer?

Windows XP: it seems my .gif and .wav files have turned BLUE text like system files. Everything seems to work ok and doing properties shows nothing different than a normal file.

any ideas ?

2006-06-14 12:53:21 · 2 answers · asked by pappy 6 in Computers & Internet ➔ Other - Computers

The problem is solved. The files in blue have the box checked to compress the file.

2006-06-14 16:16:25 · update #1

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Bacause they have been compressed. You have your hard drive set to compress old files to save space. This also happens when you do a disk clean up - they get compressed. Nothing to worry about.

2006-06-14 12:57:59 · answer #1 · answered by Bill H 2 · 8⤊ 2⤋

This files are "protected" file that windows does not allow you to mess with

2006-06-14 19:58:43 · answer #2 · answered by VzjrZ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋