Windows 10: Green checkmarks keep re-appearing even though onedrive is uninstalled/Windows 10

Ladies/Gents....I've uninstalled onedrive and Norton backup is disabled. Green checkboxes are still showing up on my desktop shortcuts once every 24 roughly hours. If I refresh the screen, they are gone. I've run SFC and DISM; no errors. I've not made any software changes to cause it....how can I stop the behavior?All disks show healthy, all hardware checks show normal. Intel Core i9 10900, 32 GB memory, 5 disks, 6 TB each. Thanks!Seaghost

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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.

 

Windows 10 - OneDrive

Right click on the app and one of the properties has an option to not automatically start it. Uncheck, restart the computer, and it should stop. If you want to go another step further, find the OneDrive app in the start menu, right click on it and uninstall.

If that is still insufficient, there is a batch uninstaller for OneDrive available online. I can copy the code here if you need it.

 

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?