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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.
I had this problem. I don't use Norton (right now Windows Defender is my main antivirus).
Here's the way I solved the problem was to right click on an empty place on the desktop, then click on Refresh. That made them all go away.
It only seemed to affect the desktop shortcuts, nothing else. Any folders or files I had on the desktop appeared as normal.
Easier solution. Move your mousepointer to an empty area on the desktop, right click and choose refresh. They disappear!
Two things:
a) I do NOT have any Norton products on my PC
b) Mine appeared during a grueling 10 hour data transfer, moving the auto back up files off my auxillary drive and onto my server. I think one of two things happened - 1) The computer just got overwhelmed with doing too many things at once and/or 2) It checked programs off as the back ups were moved. I am more inclined to thing that the 1TB move of data and me using the machine concurrently just overloaded stuff.
In any event, it's an easy fix!
"OneDrive" causes this and since it is automatically loaded at a new version of Windows (Windows Upgrade) so it seems to show up without cause. To stop this simply have OneDrive NOT synch the Desktop.
Also... The other answers about Norton 360 and other backup programs are valid and they too can cause the problem.
The "Refresh" solution will fix it if you first turn off the offending program's "Feature" or Turn off "OneDrive" or disable "Desktop" synch prior to the refresh.
I just noticed the same issue today. I am running windows 10 do not use any backup programs and my antivirus is AVG. Refreshing my desktop makes them go away and I have notice the occasionally change to grey x's for a few seconds then go back to green ticks. The ticks themselves applier as a green circle with a white tick in the middle and I white border around the outside of the circle.
