Disabling Compress Old Files

[Fleekar]

If this has been answered before, sorry I haven't found it.

Is there a way to stop windows from compresssing unused files? Tired of doing it with disk cleanup and seeing blue files.

 

[Namslas90]

Open My Computer and r-click selected drive. Open Properties and in General Tab, Uncheck the box labled "Compress Drive to save disk space"

More Info Here
http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/win2000/1024939934

and here
http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/win2000/1072865938

 

[Fleekar]

Thanks Nams I did the regedit so it doesnt show up in disk cleanup anymore. But this also means that any future compression is gone right?

 

[Namslas90]

Thanks Nams I did the regedit so it doesnt show up in disk cleanup anymore. But this also means that any future compression is gone right?

As long as you don't check that box in drive properties.