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13 questions linked to/from Two blue arrows at top right of icons
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What does this folder icon with two blue arrows mean? [duplicate]
While browzing through my Windows directory, I found the Panther subdirectory, which had this icon:
Does anyone know what this signifies? I was able to open it normally, and it was, to all ...
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Blue arrows on icons won't disappear even when I refresh icon cache [duplicate]
I have some blue arrows on the upper corners of some files on my C drive, mostly on photos, documents and text files.
My shortcuts do not have the arrows. screenshot below. I've refreshed my icon ...
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Two blue arrows [compression?] on literally nearly everything [duplicate]
I went to sleep, and now it seems that everything, from program folders to images, have blue arrows on the top right of their thumbnails. Naturally this has spooked me a little. Is there a way to mass ...
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All my desktop file icons have a small symbol; where is it coming from? [duplicate]
As of a few days ago, all of my files on the desktop have a small icon on them - see the first image in the bottom.
Why is that extra symbol being added?
If a program is adding the icon, how can I ...
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What is this double blue arrow icon overlay? [duplicate]
This is a duplicate of Two blue arrows at top right of icons.
I'm in the process of recovering from a major data-loss disaster. After restoring files from my external hard drive, many of the folders ...
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How to get back look of windows shortcuts? Updated [duplicate]
The modern look of windows10 icons is as follow on pictures.
How to get rid of arrows on icons?
UPD: as indicated in question Two blue arrows at top right of icons i did uncheck of file archive ...
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Refresh Icon Cache Without Rebooting
Normally, to refresh the icon cache in Windows, we have to reboot.
Is there a way to refresh the icon cache in Windows 7/8 without rebooting?
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Is "compress OS Drive" worth it on SSD?
My SSD is running out of disk space, and I see that "Compress your OS drive" is suggested as a means to save some disk space.
My questions:
I'm not sure whether there are any performance penalty ...
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Why are folders and files automatically being compressed in Windows 10?
All the files on my desktop and every file I downloaded from the Internet have suddenly been compressed in Windows 10 (as indicated by two blue arrows on the top right of the icons). I have never set ...
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What is this icon appearing on my desktop icons?
I have noticed that a few of the desktop icons have an "overlay icon" that looks like 2 blue arrows pointing toward each other in the top right hand corner of the icon.
There is no relation between ...
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Double blue arrow on every single one of my files, is that bad?
I know it's caused by compression and I also know how to turn it off, all I'm asking is if this compression on files from Photoshop or Illustrator or even other folders is bad? I have no clue what I'm ...
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Can I use CompactOS technology in Windows 7 or 8.1?
Can CompactOS in Windows 10 be used to compress win 7 or win 8.1 available on the same disk (dual boot mode)?
Similarly can I use this to compress other drives also?
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Windows 10 automatically compressing files and folders
Windows periodically turns on compression for folders in my user profile like the documents folder. I uncompress them and then in the future compression gets turned back on for them. It may coincide ...
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