compressing old files

Is there a way to know what files Windows XP wants to compress before I let
them be compressed.

Thanks,

Robert

No. If you scroll down in Disk CleanUp you will see the option to change
how old a file has to be to for them to be compressed. It says 50 days
on my computer and this is most likely the default. The reality seems
to be, however, that it does not work very well. The process clearly
does not compress all categories of file and I have never seen any
definition of what is compressed and what is not compressed. The default
setting is I think to compress but if you look in Windows Explorer you
will see few files displayed in a blue font; the sign that a file has
been compressed.

I manually compress files by right clicking on the containing folder and
selecting Properties, Advanced etc. It is really only worth the effort
with Archives, Windows Update Uninstall folders and System Restore
points if you hold a lot. Files / folder need to be large, rarely
accessed and capable of significant compression.


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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
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Robert Dubenezic wrote:
> Is there a way to know what files Windows XP wants to compress before
> I let them be compressed.
>
> Thanks,

thanks for the reply.

"Gerry" <gerry@nospam.com> wrote in message
news:euA0LY8zIHA.1768@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> Robert
>
> No. If you scroll down in Disk CleanUp you will see the option to change
> how old a file has to be to for them to be compressed. It says 50 days on
> my computer and this is most likely the default. The reality seems to be,
> however, that it does not work very well. The process clearly does not
> compress all categories of file and I have never seen any definition of
> what is compressed and what is not compressed. The default setting is I
> think to compress but if you look in Windows Explorer you will see few
> files displayed in a blue font; the sign that a file has been compressed.
>
> I manually compress files by right clicking on the containing folder and
> selecting Properties, Advanced etc. It is really only worth the effort
> with Archives, Windows Update Uninstall folders and System Restore points
> if you hold a lot. Files / folder need to be large, rarely accessed and
> capable of significant compression.
>
>
> --
>
>
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Gerry
> ~~~~
> FCA
> Stourport, England
> Enquire, plan and execute
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
>
> Robert Dubenezic wrote:
>> Is there a way to know what files Windows XP wants to compress before
>> I let them be compressed.
>>
>> Thanks,
>
>

You're welcome Robert.


~~~~


Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Robert Dubenezic wrote:
> thanks for the reply.
>
> "Gerry" <gerry@nospam.com> wrote in message
> news:euA0LY8zIHA.1768@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>> Robert
>>
>> No. If you scroll down in Disk CleanUp you will see the option to
>> change how old a file has to be to for them to be compressed. It
>> says 50 days on my computer and this is most likely the default. The
>> reality seems to be, however, that it does not work very well.
>> The process clearly does not compress all categories of file and I
>> have never seen any definition of what is compressed and what is not
>> compressed. The default setting is I think to compress but if you
>> look in Windows Explorer you will see few files displayed in a blue
>> font; the sign that a file has been compressed. I manually compress
>> files by right clicking on the containing folder
>> and selecting Properties, Advanced etc. It is really only worth the
>> effort with Archives, Windows Update Uninstall folders and System
>> Restore points if you hold a lot. Files / folder need to be large,
>> rarely accessed and capable of significant compression.
>>
>>
>> --
>>
>>
>>
>> Hope this helps.
>>
>> Gerry
>> ~~~~
>> FCA
>> Stourport, England
>> Enquire, plan and execute
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>
>>
>> Robert Dubenezic wrote:
>>> Is there a way to know what files Windows XP wants to compress
>>> before I let them be compressed.
>>>
>>> Thanks,