1 edit | [XP Home] Why is there a green check mark on my Word, Excel ico My desktop icons for Word, Excel, Notepad suddenly have a check mark in a green circle(!). They've never looked like this before.
One of the Word docs has a ! in a red circle.
I can open, update all of these with no problem.
When I create a new Word, Excel or Notepad doc, it now has a ! in a red circle.
I noticed this after I ran the XoftSpySE v4.33 anti-spyware. But I've been running this for 5 months without the icons changing.
Any ideas?
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 McSummationMmmm, Zeebas Are Tastee.Premium,MVM
join:2003-08-13
Round Rock, TX
kudos:2 | Re: [XP Home] Why is there a green check mark on my Word, Excel Have you rebooted? (My old box had things like this happen which would be cleared up on a reboot.) |
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| Yes, I've rebooted several times.
The checkmark and exclamation mark are still on the icons. |
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Damon85Premium
join:2004-12-25
Louisville, KY | reply to Marine_One
Just out of curiosity, do you use Mozy remote backup software? I believe they pushed out an update a few days ago and turned the option for the indicators on files back on -- those may be the green check marks you've started seeing. I noticed them too a few days ago.
If you go into Mozy's configuration, you can check the box to disable icon overlays in Explorer and remove them. |
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| Damon85, you're right!
I use MozyHome. I went to the Options and checked "Disable icon overlays in Windows Explorer" and the checkmarks, exclamation points disappeared.
Thanks for the fix!  |
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Thanks for the help. I had this "problem" too, and this solved it instantly. My thanks! |
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| reply to Marine_One
I'm having the same issue with the green check marks and do not use Mozy. I did a Norton Back up but can't seem to find anything in my settings to disable.
Any suggestions. |
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| If you are using Norton 360, click Settings in the Norton 360 main window, disabling the Backup Status Indicators check box and clicking Close. |
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