Vietfobster Posted January 31, 2005 Share Posted January 31, 2005 ok when i said blues, i dont mean it like the sad kind. i mean literally!! LOLtheres some files on my computer that are blue color. theyre compressed. and i didnt choose to compress them!!!my question is....how do i prevent files from being automatically compressed? i know i can rite click and choose to uncompress them, but i probably have like a gazillion compressed files!! there has to be a way to tell the computer "hey dont compress!!" i think its probably in administrator tools but i have no clue where lol.so plzzz help.first green....now this!! well this isnt as serious as green, but still!!! lol ;D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marsden Posted January 31, 2005 Share Posted January 31, 2005 Right click on the folder they are sitting in. Select Properties and then Advanced. Simply uncheck the box marked "Compress files to save disk space." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vietfobster Posted January 31, 2005 Author Share Posted January 31, 2005 yupbut theres a gazillion files like that. how do i prevent them from compressing?? and how do i uncompress all the files at once?? help pl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vietfobster Posted February 2, 2005 Author Share Posted February 2, 2005 lol baby turn around and lemme see that sexy body go bump, bump bump!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nanaki Posted February 2, 2005 Share Posted February 2, 2005 Right click on C:/ or the affected drive, and see if the first check at the bottom is UNCHECKED. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vietfobster Posted February 2, 2005 Author Share Posted February 2, 2005 yup, its uncheckedany other suggestions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dman Posted February 4, 2005 Share Posted February 4, 2005 run disk cleanup and make sure "compress old files" is unchecked Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gui_m Posted February 4, 2005 Share Posted February 4, 2005 You probably performed disk clean up with 'compress old files' checked. I don't find any problems with having compressed files on my HD... open fine without having to decompress. is there actually a downside? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vietfobster Posted February 4, 2005 Author Share Posted February 4, 2005 yup there is a downside. it freaks me out and i could go crazy!!! lolok i ran disk cleanup with compress files unchecked, rechecked my blue files and theyre still blue!!! *shivers* *scared* lolwont u get scared if u checked ur files one day and when u check them the next day, theyre a different color suddenly?? iwould have a heart attack!!! *ahhhh!!!* lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noise Posted February 4, 2005 Share Posted February 4, 2005 (let me rephrase the question for Vietfobster)Anyone know of a registry key or group policy that will disable NTFS compression? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prathapml Posted February 4, 2005 Share Posted February 4, 2005 Nois3, are you sure that is the question?I'm asking because while such a tweak does exist, its useless since the above files are compressed long before you could apply the regtweak. The folder is rendered compressible through some shell command that only windows knows (or maybe "fsutil").Anyways, the reg tweak you want can be found in the registry tweaks topic (in "unattended windows" forum). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dman Posted February 4, 2005 Share Posted February 4, 2005 run "compact /U /S /A /I c:\" from command prompt. This will uncompress all files on drive.do "compact /?" first for helpfile Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vietfobster Posted February 5, 2005 Author Share Posted February 5, 2005 THANKS!!it said it wont compress any new filesbut i checked the already-blue files and theyre still blue!!! i swear if i wasnt bald, i would rip my hair off!!! for example, on my mirc folder, the versions.txt file is compressed along with mirc.hlp, mird.GID and readme.txtafter the cmd thing, i checked the mirc folder and its still blue!!!>>is there a way to uncompress ALL the files on my hard drive (no, not do it manually. that would take 10 years lol)>>how does this happen in the first place??>>i would ask how to prevent this from happening again but dman solved that problem !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dman Posted February 5, 2005 Share Posted February 5, 2005 sorry, got the syntax a little wrong. try this>compact /U /I /A /S:\this should do whole drive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vietfobster Posted February 5, 2005 Author Share Posted February 5, 2005 thanks!! its uncompressing as im typing this...one question though....how did this start in the first place. i know i didnt choose to compress it.....well maybe i choose to compress while i was sleepwalking lol just kiddingbut seriously...does anyone know how it started?....wow the uncompressing is taking a LONG time!btw, does this prevent new files from compressing.....when i type in "compact /U /I /A /S:\" i dont see it mentioning that no new files will be compressed. although it DID say that on the other one, which was "compact /U /S /A /I c:\"EDIT: i checked my mirc folder and theyre NOT blue anymore!!! theyre good ol BLACKENESE!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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