Green check marks on desktop icons

Anonymous
2009-11-10T23:14:51+00:00

Suddenly all my desktop icons have green check marks on them.  What does it mean?  How do I fix them?

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Anonymous
2011-02-14T02:55:52+00:00

Suddenly all my desktop icons have green check marks on them.  What does it mean?  How do I fix them?

Hi,

Do you use norton 360? Norton -> Settings -> Backup Settings -> Backup Status Overlays -> OFF -> Apply.  After you run your next backup (you can do it manually) the check marks will disappear.

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  1. Anonymous
    2017-12-25T00:54:54+00:00

    YOU KNOW, I WAS JUST THINKING ABOUT WHAT YOU WROTE, AND WHAT ANOTHER POSTER WROTE...........................I THINK THAT IT IS THE "BACK-UP" PROCESS ITSELF, AND WHATEVER PROCESS APPLICATION  A PERSON IS USING THAT PROCESS IS NOTIFYING US, THAT THE BACKUP WAS SUCCESSFUL.

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  2. Anonymous
    2017-12-24T19:02:54+00:00

    I had the same problem, I am not running Norton 260 or any other back up program. My computer was backing everything up to one drive and sharing, I turned off sharing and turn off the back up to one drive and the queen checkmarks are gone

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  3. Anonymous
    2017-12-16T10:56:11+00:00

    HI FRUITLESSNOODLE,

    THAT IS ALSO GOOD INFORMATION AS WELL.  IN MY CASE IT WAS MY NORTON SOFTWARE THAT WAS PERFORMING BACK-UPS, ETC, AND DISPLAYED THE GREEN CHECK MARKS DENOTING THAT "ALL IS WELL".  HOWEVER, WITH NORTON THERE IS A SETTING THAT CAN BE DEACTIVATED SO THAT IT WILL NOT DISPLAY THOSE CHECK MARKS.  ONE DRIVE IS ESSENTIALLY DOING THE SAME THING BECAUSE IT TOO IS MAKING A BACK-UP OF YOUR HARD-DRIVE.

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  4. Anonymous
    2017-10-25T21:07:48+00:00

    Check your automatic backup software. Carbonite, OneDrive, Google Drive, may all be able to make these check marks. Check your settings on those programs, that's what did it for me.

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