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.

Hope this helps.

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  1. Anonymous
    2016-04-19T06:03:03+00:00

    I also would like to know the root of the problem to as i dont use Norton but a desktop refresh did fix it but they showed up like outta nowhere so thats my concern. like I came home for lunch today and they were not there but after work boom they were there so it happened in a matter of hours

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  2. Anonymous
    2016-04-29T00:18:49+00:00

    I tried the refresh gambit.  The big green check marks turned into small blue arrows.

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  3. Anonymous
    2016-05-09T04:27:03+00:00

    I had this problem. I don't use Norton (right now Windows Defender is my main antivirus).

    Here's the way I solved the problem was to right click on an empty place on the desktop, then click on Refresh. That made them all go away.

    It only seemed to affect the desktop shortcuts, nothing else. Any folders or files I had on the desktop appeared as normal.

    Worked perfectly. Very simple. Thanx!!!

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  4. Anonymous
    2016-05-09T04:54:56+00:00

    I tried this technique.  The big green checkmarks turned into small blue arrows.  But within half an hour they convert back to various forms, which look like bits of one of my icons pasted on top of all the others, including the big green checkmarks, Xes, little brooms....  I would like te get rid of them permanently, and get rid of the small blue arrows too.

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