Windows 10: Removed the ONE DRIVE folder from PC Now desktop icons have X's and shortcuts are shaded....

Trying to take control from One Drive on my PC I deleted the folder. Now on my Desktop all the program icons have a small 'X' in the bottom left hand corner and all the file shortcut icons are shaded half brightness. Also I have lots of files with a double arrow BLUE CIRCLE in the Status column. Under PROPERTIES on these files they show they belong to "C:\Users\bass_\OneDrive\Desktop", but I don't have a ONE DRIVE folder on the PC anymore. I would like to get back to square 0 where I was before I tried to do a backup to a external drive and One Drive was a problem. I have gone to the One Drive web site and done a restore on the RECYCLE bin but only put some files back on the website version and did not restore ONE DRIVE on my PC. I am now doing a restore on the recycle bin on the PC but that has not finished as of yet.

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Removing desktop icons

the icons are located in 'all users' folder somewhere (for example, i see a few shared icons in "C:\Users\Public\Desktop" )

The only way to fix those, is to remove the icons from there, and place them on to each users desktops manually. an admin may need to do this.

 

Desktop Shortcut Icons

Hi Mik-Dav,

The desktop shortcut created for a specific website should bear the website's actual logo. With what you've experienced, there could be something wrong with how the shortcut was created.

If you've created the shortcut by selecting Create shortcut, then we suggest that you try the other way, that is by dragging the website icon that appears in the address bar to your desktop. Follow these steps:

• Using Internet Explorer, access a website.
• Once the website opens, you will see its icon in the address bar.
• Click and drag the icon on your desktop.

The website shortcut bearing its actual logo should now be saved on your desktop.

Let us know if you need further help.

Regards.

 

Desktop Shortcut Icons

I tried using Edge that comes with the computer and I can see the logo you are talking about. When I try to drag it to the desktop you can see that I have it but as soon as I drop it the window opens rather than putting the shortcut icon on the desktop.