Sometimes when viewing a file or folder's properties, Je vois an **Advanced** button listed under **Attributes**.
Other times, the advanced button is replaced by an **Archive** checkbox.
**Pourquoi file attributes sometimes display an archive checkbox instead of the advanced options button?**
Pourquoi the advanced attributes button sometimes replaced by an archive checkbox?
Re: Pourquoi the advanced attributes button sometimes replaced by an archive checkbox?
The **Advanced** dialog is shown only if the file is stored on a drive which supports compression or encryption.
If the volume doesn't support either compression or encryption, the **Archive** checkbox will be shown instead.
**FAT** filesystems ***do not*** support compression or encryption, meaning files display an **Archive** checkbox.
**NTFS** filesystems ***do*** support both compression and encryption, meaning files display the **Advanced** button.
- *Source: [Raymond Chen, Microsoft Developer Blog](https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20090219-00/?p=19093/)*
If the volume doesn't support either compression or encryption, the **Archive** checkbox will be shown instead.
**FAT** filesystems ***do not*** support compression or encryption, meaning files display an **Archive** checkbox.
**NTFS** filesystems ***do*** support both compression and encryption, meaning files display the **Advanced** button.
- *Source: [Raymond Chen, Microsoft Developer Blog](https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20090219-00/?p=19093/)*