Folder names in File Explorer in different colors?

GregF

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I noticed on one of my public XP PCs, when looking through File
Explorer, some folders have their names in green, while most are black.
I'm wondering how and why this is done. I can't seem to find any common
denominator with the ones that are colored. Does it mean something?
 

GregF

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Thanks. At first it said "Access Denied" but I clicked Ignore and OK
anyway and it worked.

Jupiter Jones [MVP] wrote:
> Greg;
> Right click them, click Properties.
> Click Advanced button.
> Uncheck the appropriate box.
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> <gregf@kcls.org> wrote in message
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> > So how do I make then not encrypted?
> >
 
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Greg;
Black is normal, blue is compressed and green is encrypted.
Apparently someone is using encryption, they should do so carefully to avoid
permanently losing the data and discovering why EFS is often called the
"Delayed Recycle Bin"

Also see:
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/encrypt.htm

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<gregf@kcls.org> wrote in message
news:1119471071.526471.131460@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
>I noticed on one of my public XP PCs, when looking through File
> Explorer, some folders have their names in green, while most are black.
> I'm wondering how and why this is done. I can't seem to find any common
> denominator with the ones that are colored. Does it mean something?
 
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Greg;
Right click them, click Properties.
Click Advanced button.
Uncheck the appropriate box.

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http://www3.telus.net/dandemar
http://www.dts-l.org


<gregf@kcls.org> wrote in message
news:1119473058.589359.70390@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> So how do I make then not encrypted?
>
 
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Hi

The green files are encrypted ones. Blue ones are compressed and black ones
are 'normal' files.

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<gregf@kcls.org> wrote in message
news:1119471071.526471.131460@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
>I noticed on one of my public XP PCs, when looking through File
> Explorer, some folders have their names in green, while most are black.
> I'm wondering how and why this is done. I can't seem to find any common
> denominator with the ones that are colored. Does it mean something?