Re: Compressed file question

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I found a .DOC word document that was compressed.
Opened it, changed it and selected save changed document in Word. The date
changed but the size and size on disk didn't.

Did the same with another file but used Notebook change and to save the
changed contents. Again the date changed but the sizes shown by Properties
didn't.

Appears that all files compressed by Disk Cleanup have the compressed
attribute checked in it's properties.

How did you mean to "Force an uncompressed"?

Thanks for helping



"Bob I" <birelan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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The file is "compressed" on the disk, it is stored compressed, it it
"uncompressed" into memory for use. It remains compressed on the disk with
the "compressed" attribute set. Force an uncompressed and it will remain
that way until you or the "Clean Up" utility sets compress on it again.




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