{"id":12809,"date":"2018-09-16T09:26:58","date_gmt":"2018-09-16T09:26:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/?p=12809"},"modified":"2018-09-16T09:31:18","modified_gmt":"2018-09-16T09:31:18","slug":"show-encrypted-or-compressed-ntfs-files-in-color-on-windows-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/show-encrypted-or-compressed-ntfs-files-in-color-on-windows-10\/","title":{"rendered":"Show Encrypted or Compressed NTFS files in Color on Windows 10"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By default, Windows displays all folders and files names in black letters. To help you identify an EFS or compressed folder or file, you can turn on &#8220;Show encrypted or compressed NTFS files in color&#8221; for your account in Windows 10. EFS encrypted files will show its name in green, while compressed NTFS files will show the name in blue.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/windows-shows-file-name-in-color.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"498\" height=\"299\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12818\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Method 1: Show Encrypted or Compressed NTFS files in Color via Folder Options<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Press Windows Key + E to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/5-methods-to-open-file-explorer-in-windows-8-1\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">open File Explorer<\/a>. Select the <strong>View<\/strong> tab from the File Explorer Ribbon and then click on <strong>Options<\/strong>.\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/file-explorer-options.png\" width=\"574\" height=\"353\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/>\n<\/li>\n<li>When the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/open-folder-options-in-windows\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Folder Options<\/a> window opens, click the <strong>View<\/strong> tab and check the option named &#8220;<strong>Show encrypted or compressed NTFS files in color<\/strong>&#8220;.\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/show-encrypted-compressed-files-in-color.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"384\" height=\"476\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12815\" \/>\n<\/li>\n<li>Click <strong>Apply<\/strong> followed by <strong>OK<\/strong>. Now Windows 10 will show compressed or encrypted folders or files names in blue or green color.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Method 2: Show Encrypted or Compressed NTFS files in Color via Registry Editor<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/6-ways-to-open-registry-editor-in-windows-10\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Open the Registry Editor<\/a> and navigate to the following key:<br \/>\n<code>HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Explorer\\Advanced<\/code><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/ShowEncryptCompressedColor.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"544\" height=\"220\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12816\" \/><\/p>\n<p> \tNext, double-click the 32-bit DWORD <strong>ShowEncryptCompressedColor<\/strong> in the right pane.<\/li>\n<li>Set the value data to 1 and click <strong>OK<\/strong>.\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/edit-dword-registry.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"333\" height=\"200\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12817\" \/>\n<\/li>\n<li>Close Registry Editor. 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