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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.
I found the answer. Thanks to the comments on onedrive.
This is caused by one drive which is now a part of Windows 10.
The green check mark means one drive is backing/syncing these files.
Right click on desktop and click on choose folders to sync. You will find your desktop along with all the windows folders synced.
Yes by default after an update onedrive decided to backup all these folders without telling us.
So I let them one as I would want to backup my desktop.
So turning of Backup overlays or uninstalling Onedrive is not the correct solutions especially if you use onedrive.
Simply deselect the desktop from sync, while at it also remove other folders you don't want to sync.
The original question was NOT how to get ride of them, the question is why are they there and what do the green check marks mean? Were the checkmarks put there by the Windows OS or by some app or service?
I HAJVE ONE DRIVE, BUT LIKE I'VE PREVIOUSLY STATED, I'D CONTACTED MY ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE COMPANY!...…………..NO PROBLEMS SINCE MY POSTING!
I have the same issue today. Have no norton no avg only kaspersky and onedrive.
Kaspersky is not the thing which cause the issue.
The problem is in one drive for me.
It has option (when You click on it in toolbar) more... ->(or something I'm on polish version) and there are 'settings'->
in that setting there are tabs : settings, account, automatic saving (automatic backup - I dont't know english version), network, office (in my case), informations.
You chose automatic saving (automatic backup) and as the first is protect important folders (or something).
Click the button above and UNCHECK what You want (there should be desktop, documents, photos).
After that my green checks dissaperas.
Be carefull because the icons which have that green circe WILL BE REMOVED after that changes in options, so make earlier copy of that icons (or programs, or anything You have on desktop and the other mentioned folders).
If it happens stay come. That things should be still in one drive folder in their specific folder names (desktop, documents, photos).
If every thing works fine remember to remove that folders (desktop, documents, photos) from one drive for space saving :) if You want to .
