kiddingguy Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 What exactly does these blue arrows on (desktop) shotcuts mean? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidM Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 What exactly does these blue arrows on (desktop) shotcuts mean? Not sure if serious.... but it means the icon is a "shortcut" to the file in question, or that icon represents a "shortcut" to a program NOT on the desktop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeChipshop Member Posted November 13, 2015 Member Share Posted November 13, 2015 What exactly does these blue arrows on (desktop) shotcuts mean? They show what's a short cut, anything without the arrow is a direct access file/program. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeoTrunks Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 I'm sure he doesn't mean the blue arrow in the white box on the bottom left, but the two blue arrows on the top right. I see them as well, over shortcuts as well as actual documents. I think it means that the file is compressed. +ekoht and ehelldane 2 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeChipshop Member Posted November 13, 2015 Member Share Posted November 13, 2015 Nice spot! I'm ashamed to say i hadn't noticed them till you said that, and now i see them everywhere! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiddingguy Posted November 13, 2015 Author Share Posted November 13, 2015 The two little arrows top right indeed. What do the mean or represent? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ehelldane Posted November 15, 2015 Share Posted November 15, 2015 I have them on my desktop too, but only on the app icons that were added automatically when installing the apps. the other couple that i created manually don't have them. and none of my document or folder shortcuts have them. can't find anything about them online. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zhangm Supervisor Posted November 15, 2015 Supervisor Share Posted November 15, 2015 Don't know. I don't have them. But shell icon overlays are listed in the following section in the registry: HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\ShellIconOverlayIdentifiers I have entries for Onedrive 1 - 5, EnhancedStorageShell, and Offline Files. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ehelldane Posted November 15, 2015 Share Posted November 15, 2015 Don't know. I don't have them. But shell icon overlays are listed in the following section in the registry: HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\ShellIconOverlayIdentifiers I have entries for Onedrive 1 - 5, EnhancedStorageShell, and Offline Files. Same here. I don't use OneDrive. But it wouldn't surprise me if it's related. Various other cloud and backup apps add overlays. oh oh oh, found this: http://www.tenforums.com/customization/26212-new-double-blue-arrows-shortcut-overlay-post425163.html#post425163 So it's probably compression. only not of the shortcut but the target. I haven't tested to be sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obi-Wan Kenobi Posted November 15, 2015 Share Posted November 15, 2015 I don't see them....how strange....(I see them in your screenshot, just not on my system) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevTech Posted November 15, 2015 Share Posted November 15, 2015 I don't see them....how strange....(I see them in your screenshot, just not on my system) You need two things: 1. Windows Explorer compressed folders 2. 1511 update installed I compress everything I can so they are freaking annoying! Need to find out how to disable them... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PUC_Snakeman Posted November 15, 2015 Share Posted November 15, 2015 (edited) Compression. The blue arrows pointing toward each other at the top right of an object ... means that the object is compressed.It'll show on shortcuts, too, when the destination object is compressed.It's a new 'feature' that was introduced very late in the game for Windows Insiders, right before the 1511 update was released.You can view/edit the compression property of an object, by right-clicking it and looking at Advanced Properties. Are we having fun with rapid development yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.Neo Posted November 15, 2015 Share Posted November 15, 2015 Is it Microsoft's goal to obscure entire icons behind a plethora of badges? I always hated how the shortcut arrow blocks out 1/6 of an icon. This isn't helping. Atlantico 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeChipshop Member Posted November 15, 2015 Member Share Posted November 15, 2015 Are we having fun with rapid development yet? This is on non-preview members versions too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
123456789A Posted November 15, 2015 Share Posted November 15, 2015 Is it Microsoft's goal to obscure entire icons behind a plethora of badges? I always hated how the shortcut arrow blocks out 1/6 of an icon. This isn't helping. It's hardly as bad as you make it out to be. On my system, the shortcut overlay covers 1/16 of the icon. I also don't mind the overlays if they deliver useful information. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PUC_Snakeman Posted November 15, 2015 Share Posted November 15, 2015 (edited) Yes, I'm aware it was included in 1511 update, released publicly. As I said, it was introduced late in the game to Insiders, before the official release. It was a surprise to us Insiders, as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
binaryzero Posted November 17, 2015 Share Posted November 17, 2015 ...It's an icon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevTech Posted November 17, 2015 Share Posted November 17, 2015 ...It's an icon. It is a very very very extremely annoying decoration on top of an icon when you compress every file on your computer across 10 hard drives and all the folders have this thing that looks like a "Bra/Bikini Top" from a distance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
binaryzero Posted November 17, 2015 Share Posted November 17, 2015 Yeah true, gotta see the boobies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MS Bob 11 Posted November 17, 2015 Share Posted November 17, 2015 Yeah and EFS-encrypted files show a Lock overlay. Whatever for? There is already an option in Folder Options View tab to show compressed or encrypted files in color. Now they added yet another indicator for the same thing? I'd rather have some overlay to indicate file's read-only or index attribute. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atlantico Posted November 30, 2015 Share Posted November 30, 2015 On 11/15/2015, 2:42:44, .Neo said: Is it Microsoft's goal to obscure entire icons behind a plethora of badges? I always hated how the shortcut arrow blocks out 1/6 of an icon. This isn't helping. The shortcut arrows annoyed me so much, I use Vista Shortcut Manager to remove them completely. Now there are no arrows over any of my shortcuts, and I'm fine with that - I know what is a shortcut and what is not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TAZMINATOR Posted November 30, 2015 Share Posted November 30, 2015 4 minutes ago, Atlantico said: The shortcut arrows annoyed me so much, I use Vista Shortcut Manager to remove them completely. Now there are no arrows over any of my shortcuts, and I'm fine with that - I know what is a shortcut and what is not. You don't need an app to remove the shortcut overlay. Use regedit next time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atlantico Posted November 30, 2015 Share Posted November 30, 2015 2 minutes ago, TAZMINATOR said: You don't need an app to remove the shortcut overlay. Use regedit next time. I prefer to use an app, using Regedit annoys me. The register even existing annoys me, and it's way easier and more reliable to use someone's script to do this than tinkering around in that ugly mess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hagjohn Posted November 30, 2015 Share Posted November 30, 2015 I believe it shows NTFS compression. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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