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
    2017-02-08T18:39:58+00:00

    What's Carbonite?

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  2. Anonymous
    2017-02-08T05:02:46+00:00

    Turn OFF Carbonite

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  3. Anonymous
    2017-01-16T20:32:22+00:00

    that's a good answer and all but what are they .... is Microsoft inventorying the icons and other files on your desktop and sending that info back to their nsa data mining friends?

    That is Norton, letting you know your files are clean from viruses.

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  4. Anonymous
    2017-01-16T19:43:14+00:00

    thats a good answer and all but what are they .... is microsoft inventorying the icons and other files on your desktop and sending that info back to thier nsa data mining friends?

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