Windows 10: Badges on folder shortcuts change or disappear mysteriously

Discus and support Badges on folder shortcuts change or disappear mysteriously in Windows 10 Network and Sharing to solve the problem; Hi there,I'm using Windows 10 in a work domain, and I have a few folder shortcuts on my desktop. Some of them are shortcuts to folders on my C drive... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Network and Sharing' started by Lora Meredith, Feb 29, 2024.

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    Badges on folder shortcuts change or disappear mysteriously


    Hi there,I'm using Windows 10 in a work domain, and I have a few folder shortcuts on my desktop. Some of them are shortcuts to folders on my C drive and some are shortcuts to network folders. I've noticed that the normal blue arrow badge that indicates a folder is a shortcut is sometimes replaced with other badges, such as a grey X, a graphic of two people like that seen on shared folders, or even no badge at all. I'd include a screenshot to prove I'm not crazy, but the image uploader seems to be broken. The grey X would normally make me think the folder was unavailable, but that is not the

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    Lora Meredith, Feb 29, 2024
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