Re: How can I manually compress a folder using WinXP compressed folder (not ZIP)
- From: "Gerry" <gerry@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 30 May 2008 10:26:11 +0100
Andreas
I think you are referring to this feature, which can be used on an NTFS
formatted partition. In Windows Explorer right click on any folder and
select Properties, General, Advanced and check the box before Compress
contents to save Disk Space.
File compression is a process you can do not a setting for the folder
that ensures the contents are automatically compressed every time you
add items to the folder.
With some files compression conveys little benefit. You need to right
click on the file, select Properties and compare the File Size to Size
on Disk to see the gain in disk space. Obviously it is hardly worth the
effort to compress small files. If the file is regularly accessed
compressing the file adversely affects system performance as compressed
files take longer to open. Uninstall folders in your Windows folder
typically: $NtServicePackUninstall$ and $NtUninstallKB282010$ etc are
files that when compressed do give significant disk space gains.
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Hope this helps.
Gerry
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Andreas M. wrote:
I have set a folder to compressed and it got compressed thereafter.
However, each new file added to it won't get compressed. What can I
do? What could be the reason? The files in that folder get downloaded
via internet and used immediatly (UT2004 cache). Any ideas? Thx.
.
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