The Status column icons are part of MS's OneDrive Files On Demand feature that was rolled out last fall. Here's a good article that explains the meaning of the status icons, and how to turn on/off and control the Files On Demand feature:
What is the meaning of the Status icons in File Explorer?
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Anonymous
2018-04-12T15:42:23+00:00
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Anonymous
2018-02-01T17:34:34+00:00 What icons are you referring to? A screen shot would be helpful.
This is in my One Drive- on my laptop, I can't see this on this desktop; I'm asking about the Status column, the two icons I see are a green check mark in a circle and a blue cloud:
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Anonymous
2018-02-01T18:35:33+00:00 The green check indicates that the folder has been synced with your One drive on line.
See this thread
Edit: Additional data:
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Anonymous
2018-02-01T17:12:30+00:00 What icons are you referring to? A screen shot would be helpful.
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Anonymous
2018-04-12T18:59:46+00:00 Thanks for your help. It went right to the point.