Windows 10: Re. OneDrive Icons. I don't understand the difference between the green circle with green...

Re. OneDrive Icons. I don't understand the difference between the green circle with green check and the green dot with white check. I've read the definitions and don't see a difference.

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green circles with a checkmark

Why do the green circles with a checkmark appear on my Windows 10 desktop icons? I can get rid of them but they appear repeatedly. What is causing this?

 

Green dot on task manager icon

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Now that your post is in Windows 10, someone will see it and try to help.

To get things started... which green object are you asking about? The object you circled isn't a green object.

Don

 

Green checkmarks missing in OneDrive for Business

Hi -

I'm a OneDrive for Business user, running Windows 10.

According to the blue icon in the taskbar, it appears that all my OneDrive files are in sync . However, when I look at the list of files in Microsoft Explorer, there are no green checks to confirm their synced status. I have followed advice in previous posts
on this problem, including this one from 2015:

The reason could be if the settings is disabled in registry. I suggest you to download Autoruns from the link below.Autoruns - Sysinternals

Then follow the steps below.

• Eexecute the Autoruns and from the program look for the entries that say OneDrive1, OneDrive2 and OneDrive3 in HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\ShellIconOverlayIdentifiers.
• Check all three boxes. If you are asked to Run As Administrator (UAC), agree and continue.
• Start OneDrive again.
• Your folders will show the green checkmarks now.

It didn't work. There were no OneDrive entries under HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\ShellIconOverlayIdentifiers. (see screen shot below)

Any other advice please? I like to see the green checks there as proof that my files definitely are in the cloud. I don't really want to mess around with the registry again as I'm way out of my depth.

Thanks.