Show Compressed Files in an Alternate Color (Windows NT/2000/XP)

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Show Compressed Files in an Alternate Color (Windows NT/2000/XP)
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This setting controls whether compressed files and folders are shown in explorer using a different color to make them easily distinguishable.

Open your registry and find the key below.

Create a new DWORD value, or modify the existing value, named "ShowCompColor" and set it to equal "1" to enable the use of alternate colors or "0" to use the default colors.

Restart Windows for the change to take effect.


(Default)	REG_SZ	(value not set)
ShowCompColor	REG_DWORD	0x00000001 (1)


	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Adv...

Settings:

User Key: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\
Advanced]
Name: ShowCompColor
Type: REG_DWORD (DWORD Value)
Value: (0 = disabled, 1 = enabled)

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Disclaimer: Modifying the registry can cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. We cannot guarantee that problems resulting from modifications to the registry can be solved. Use the information provided at your own risk.

Last Modified: August 5, 2002

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