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Suddenly all my desktop icons have green check marks on them. What does it mean? How do I fix them?
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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.
Hope this helps.
No I don't use Norton
TRY SEARCHING WITH GOOGLE!, I HAVE NO FAITH IN BING!
The green circles with white check marks suddenly showed up on my desktop. I did a Bing search and found this, as other discussions. I don't use Norton. I tried the "refresh" thing---no good. I did the right click on the desktop, then clicked on "view", then, without thinking unchecked "Show desktop icons". My icons disappeared giving me some pause. I restarted my computer and then "re-checked" the "Show desktop Icons". No checks showed initially, but now, I see they are back.....Crumb, I'll have to try something else.
Right Clicking on the desktop and clicking on refresh fixed this issue .. But .. My intrest is why did they show up to begin with I don't use Norton or one drive?? is there something more going on ? Is there a possability someone out there has found a way to sync files from other computers.. ??? Microsoft should consider this possibility
