SOLVED Puzzling Quirk -- Every icon on desktop has Green circle & Checkmark in it

[JWR]

So far as I can tell this does not matter -- but who knows, since no one so far can explain what it is !!

• Every icon on the desktop has a small circle (green with a white border) and a white checkmark inside the circle.
• I saw this same phenom a year or more ago and forgot about it but now it is back and obvious [I posted the question back then but cannot find where; probably some other forum]
• The green circle on each icon is roughly 10% or less of the area size of the icon
• makes you intuitively think that MAYBE some sort of checking process has certified these icons or the programs that they point to (being shortcuts)
• Maybe the MS Defender having checked for virus?
• Maybe Win 10 uses this flag mechanism to tell users _____ What ??

Anyone ever seen this or have any idea what it is?

 

[Bighorn]

I've never seen it but would wonder if a program has caused it such as a backup like Acronis or Macrium Reflect [or other] is involved, maybe some other utility.

 

[JWR]

I've never seen it but would wonder if a program has caused it such as a backup like Acronis or Macrium Reflect [or other] is involved, maybe some other utility.

Me too. I do not run any backup software (that I know about. Lord knows what runs that I never heard of.) I cannot find any program in my list of programs that I would suspect doing it.

 

[Bighorn]

Trolling through the Internet found this which may or may not be relevant:

What do the OneDrive icons mean? - Microsoft Support

support.microsoft.com

 

[JWR]

Trolling through the Internet found this which may or may not be relevant:

What do the OneDrive icons mean? - Microsoft Support

support.microsoft.com

Outstanding response !! So they are One Drive related. I thought I had declined anything and everything One-drive related. Thanks.

 

[Bighorn]

You're welcome.