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IridiumIO / CompactGUI

Transparently compress active games and programs using Windows 10/11 APIs
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What does NT mean #442

Open andres-asm opened 2 weeks ago

andres-asm commented 2 weeks ago

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I have one folder that I have recompressed a few times and it has this NT indicator, what does it mean?

Iridium-IO commented 2 weeks ago

The NT compression is what you get when you right click a folder > properties > compress this folder to save space (It's actually LZNT1 but that's too long). This compression is slow and worse than the other methods.

You might need to reset the compression in that folder for it to pick up properly. Check the properties of the games inside it and untick the checkbox to compress this folder to save space.

A shortcut would be to just open the common folder, right click in empty space > Open Powershell here > type compact /u /s. That should only remove LZNT1 compression and not affect any of the other compression options - I haven't tested that in about 5 years though,so it might undo all compression in which case you'll have to reapply it.