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
    2017-12-25T02:43:52+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.

    Thank you!

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  2. 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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  3. Anonymous
    2017-12-24T19:22:55+00:00

    Thank You Q-U-I-G-M-O

    I had the same issue with the windows updates that failed serval time.  I was able to do a role back 2 times but on the last update Microsoft put through my computer crashed and I could not role back any more. I also did a clean install of Windows 10, and that's when I noticed the queen checkmarks.  I turn off the sharing and backup to the one drive, (I also was given the choice during install) and all the queen checkmarks are gone.

    thank you again

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  4. 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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