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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.
Thank you Glenn! Simply knowing what the check marks are helps a lot.
Richard
I still have trouble understand!!! What do the green check marks mean on the desktop icons? Please explain me expand what it mean?
I still have trouble understand!!! What do the green check marks mean on the desktop icons? Please explain me expand what it mean?
As near as I can see ALL the items above can cause them. It seems that this is "the new feature" of many programs that "Synchronize" with the desktop items.
It all depends on what programs you are using and what they are doing as far as "synchronizing" the desktop is done that causes them to appear. In My case it was "Microsoft OneDrive". In some other cases described it is exactly what those people found.
desk top icon showing in green color tik mark
