Windows 10: Newly downloaded files not compressing

Apparently since 7/15, newly downloaded files saved from Firefox into a compressed folder are not automatically compressing.It is the folder I use for archiving Calibre updates, and I save the old updates because I never know when they are going to discontinue updates for a non-current Windows operating system, and when they do so they tend to start recommending an older version for that OS rather than the last update that worked. One that is usually incompatible with the current version of FanficFare.All the updates since 7/15 are showing up in white, while the previous ones are blue. I haven

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Automatic compression of newly downloaded files

As of recently I've had an issue driving me insane.

One day all my files on my SSD were compressed! I manually undid it by unticking the checkbox in properties on my SSD then did the popular line in cmd as admin "fsutil behavior set disablecompression 1", rebooted and after that checked if my system was compressed
with "compact/compactos:query" and it indeed was. So i undid this with "compact /compactos:never". Might also want to note that my CPU does absolutely not benefit from compressed files since it's very old and slow, i also never saved more on my SSD than i
should, the indicator never entered the red zone.

Currently all the files i have are not compressed and i have 30GB free space on my 120GB SSD and 900GB free space on my 1TB HDD. Despite this ever since that first compression wave now all newly downloaded files get automatically compressed. I do not want
that but cannot seem to find a way to fix it. My current Windows Version is 1809 April version, this issue occured around a week ago before i updated it to that. Any ideas on how i can remove the annoying compression?

 

Automatic compression of newly downloaded files

Hi,

I am Ganesh Gandhi, an Independent Advisor, 18 years experienced windows guide. I am here to work with you on this problem.

If you have Windows 10 pro

Kindly follow these steps to prevent Windows from automatically compressing your files using the Windows Local Group Policy Editor.

To begin click on Start or on Cortana for Windows 10 users and type in gpedit.msc and press enter. Then navigate to Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\System\Filesystem\NTFS and double click on Do not allow compression on all NTFS volumes. Then
change the status from Not Configured to Enabled and click OK.

You should then see it listed as Enabled in the Group Policy Editor.

Disable compression in Registry:

- Click on Start or Cortana again and type in regedit and press enter.

- Then navigate to Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Policies

- Find the value called NtfsDisableCompression and double click it.

Now reboot your computer and you will be all set.

Thanks to onlinecomputertips.com

Do let me know if you require any further help on this. I will keep working with you until it's resolved.

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Files in C: drive automatically compressing?

As you may already know, if this feature is on, every new folder/file you add starts off automatically compressed. If you would like to turn it off for the whole drive, kindly follow these steps:

• Start File Explorer . In the left pane, right-click on the drive that you would not want to be compressed.
• Click Properties.
• Make sure that the Compress this drive to save disk space box is unchecked.
• Click OK then Apply.

Let us know if you need further assistance.