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Why does the folder name change its color to blue?

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Mar 15, 202618485 views
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Possible Duplicate: What does a blue filename in Windows Explorer mean? I have an external hard disk. When I plug it in a system running Windows XP.. all the folder names and even the file names contained in hard disk are seen in blue color. When I plug it in a system running Windows 7, it does not…

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It's possible that you're dealing with compressed files, and the two Windows computers just have different configurations for how to display them. Windows XP, as well as Windows 7, will by default display compressed files in blue and encrypted files…

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