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when i open explorer some of the files in my directories are in bright
blue text. can anyone tell me why this happened and how to get it all
back in black text?

thanks
sheri

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Hi Sheri

The blue colour indicates that the are compressed.

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"Sheri" <fuman5@msn.com> wrote in message
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> when i open explorer some of the files in my directories are in bright
> blue text. can anyone tell me why this happened and how to get it all back
> in black text?
>
> thanks
> sheri

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In news:ycKdnSjo8P-offTfRVn-jg@rogers.com,
Sheri <fuman5@msn.com> did some thinking and came up with these words:
> when i open explorer some of the files in my directories are in bright
> blue text. can anyone tell me why this happened and how to get it all
> back in black text?
>
> thanks
> sheri

Designates compressed folders

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