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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  1. Anonymous
    2018-06-09T05:20:29+00:00

    I didn't like the blue arrows on my pictures so I just uncompressed the pictures folder and all the subfolders and the blue arrows are gone. It has nothing to do with Norton.

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  2. Anonymous
    2018-01-15T15:19:53+00:00

    I was only seeing the double blue arrows on my taskbar for Adobe DC.

    Checked the folder properties, nothing was checked as compressed so was confused...

    so i tried the simplest thing and it worked:

    opened Adobe DC, then removed this icon from the taskbar

    right clicked on the Adobe program icon on the taskbar (from the open application)

    selected add to taskbar

    closed program

    Adobe icon now on taskbar and double arrows gone

    weird but worked.

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  3. Anonymous
    2017-12-14T00:13:37+00:00

    Do not have NOrton.  No longer following this issue.

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  4. Anonymous
    2017-12-13T23:30:26+00:00

    do not have Norton

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