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
    2017-11-10T17:18:19+00:00

    Thank you, thank you. thank you!!!

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  2. Anonymous
    2017-10-25T20:05:58+00:00

    I had these green check marks on all of my desktop icons too. All you have to do is right click the desktop and click refresh.

    So, every time they come back I just click refresh? I knew that would clear them temporarily, but why are they there? Is there a permanent fix, or is it just the way Windows is working? I also occasionally see small X's instead of check marks. Still no definitive answer. and it's notNorton as someone suggested so the question still lingers....

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  3. Anonymous
    2017-10-22T14:30:16+00:00

    my windows 10/64 desktop has green check marks on each icon.  Using trend Micro antivirus, Chrome browser, Ran MalwareBytes and IObit scan.  Marks still there.

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  4. Anonymous
    2017-10-14T05:25:09+00:00

    After I turned the computer all the way off and turned it back on, I reinstalled Windows 10 and everything was fine.  No more check marks.

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