Windows 10: Does anyone know how to get rid of these green checkmarks? They appeared after I connected...

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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 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 for Windows - Windows 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.

 

Mysterious green checkmarks on desktop

If it was a common Windows bug, I think we'd have heard of it. Rather than blaming MS at this point, try a process of elimination if the suggestions above about 3rd party programs and your own research don't prompt an idea.

1. Does it happen in Safe Mode? If no, then
2. Does it happen after a clean boot? If no, then (it's not MS's fault)
3. progressively enable startups until it recurs.

Otherwise, what happens if you create a new user for test purposes- does it happen then?
If no, then it's something configured under the other user's profile or running then that isn't when logged in as the new user.

Follow a process of elimination.

This looks very much like what you're seeing:
windows 10 - What are these green checkmarks on my Desktop icons? - Super User