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
    2016-05-24T18:46:17+00:00

    So to stop this from happening you need to disable OneDrive, its a backup feature. Green indicates the file has been backed up to One Drive, blue has not yet been backed up.

    This was my conclusion after i first posted about it. Maybe not the same for others. You can also select which folders to be backed up when you initially set up One Drive.

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  3. Anonymous
    2016-05-24T18:06:12+00:00

    This happens to me as well; so far I have not seen one propose an answer that fixes these double blue arrow icon. As the previous person says this is not a whirl stopping but it is annoying, especially with no fixings available or no cause is known to exist.

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  4. Anonymous
    2016-05-24T17:53:56+00:00

    This is also happening to me...it started ever since I did the latest Windows 10 Update (Build 1511)

    Various taskbar icons (not all) have the double blue arrows in the top right hand corner.  Compression is unchecked...I have actually checked the icons themselves, as well as every subfolder level up...all the way to the C drive...compression is NOT turned on.

    I wish someone from Microsoft would read these forums and post a response.

    I mean...they're blue arrows on icons....definitely a first world problem...

    but they still are kind of annoying

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