Blue Double Arrows

Anonymous
2010-03-10T14:16:08+00:00

What are the blue double arrows that sometimes appear on my desktop icons and pictures and how can I get rid of them?

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Anonymous
2010-03-10T15:05:51+00:00

Do you have Norton 360 or some other Norton security suite?   If so, that's why.  The double blue icons means there are files that haven't been backed up. It can be turned off.  Go to Norton 360 http://www.symantec.com/norton/support/dtree.jsp?pvid= and learn how to turn it off, reboot and they will be gone.  For anyone that does have Norton 360, if you kept it turned on, when you backed up the files, the icon would turn a solid green arrow instead of the 2 blue arrows.

I hope this helps.

Good luck!

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  2. Anonymous
    2015-12-08T22:50:59+00:00

    You cannot be serious. A feature that I'm sure a miniscule target asked for has to impact every user forever now (unless they change their advanced settings)? This is ugly and purposeless UI, and there is no tooltip that even helps the user understand what they are seeing or what they should be doing in relation to it. I'm pretty sure you were supposed to not ship undisclosed UI after the learnings from Windows 8. I'm pretty sure of that.

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  3. Anonymous
    2015-12-05T15:12:49+00:00

    its because your file are compressed....

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  4. Anonymous
    2015-12-04T02:32:30+00:00

    Interesting that compressed files show these arrows. I can't help but wonder why someone at Microsoft felt these arrows were needed. What value is there in marking every icon with them?

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