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
    2018-01-17T04:47:42+00:00

    Okay, I went through the same problem, so I click on the item check boxes and I unclick the boxes and every box is gone

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  2. Anonymous
    2018-01-21T20:41:49+00:00

    Its Microsoft One Drive.  I uninstalled it and the green check marks went away.

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  3. Anonymous
    2018-01-22T02:07:12+00:00

    Its Microsoft One Drive.  I uninstalled it and the green check marks went away.         THIS SITUATION OCCURS UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES.  YOU NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT ACTIVITIES WAS "MSN ONE DRIVE" WAS DOING AT THAT PARTICULAR TIME!!...AS I'VE PREVIOUSLY STATED BY SECURITY SOFTWARE HAD PLACED THE CHECK MARKS, DENOTING THAT THE APPLICATIONS ON MY DESKTOP HAD BEEN CHECKED AND WAS CLEARED OF ANY DANGEROUS BUGS.  IN MY SOFTWARE, I HAD TO OPTION TO BE NOTIFIED BY THE CHECK MARKS OR NOT, SO I CHOSE "NOT" TO NOTIFY ME.  YOU STILL DONOT "UNDERSTAND" THE "WHY"!

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  4. Anonymous
    2018-01-22T15:17:01+00:00

    Thank you.  Question: how do I STOP the many, many answers to my question.  I must have gotten 50 since I replied that this fixed the problem.

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