Green check marks on desktop icons

if you'll read the posts here it is a folder icon setting...see Joe's answer on this page.

I also have green check marks on file folders and documents - what does this mean?

wonder what put's them there to start with? anybody?

'Refresh' on the desktop will remove them.

btw -Joe used your idea too.

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

Hi, I had the same issue with the "green check marks" suddenly appearing on all my icons/thumbnails as well. Here is the way that I figured out how to remove them, or at least what had worked for me... 

1. Open Windows File Explorer
2. Click on the "View" tab at the top
3. Click on the "Options" setting to "change folder and search options"
4. Once the "Folder Options" box opens, click the "View" tab inside of it.
5. Under the "Advanced settings," search below "Files and Folders" and uncheck the box next to "Display file icon on thumbnails"
6. Click the "Apply to Folders" button toward the top of the "Folder Options" box, and the "Apply" button at the bottom of it; Then click the "OK" button to close the "Folder Options" box.

"Green check marks" should be gone.