Blue download arrow windows 10

It is SO distracting! I attached the screenshot, how can I resolve the issue? Thanks to everyone for your suggestions! Zavarzin Question owner. Do you mean clicking on the stuck blue arrow? Yes, I did and nothing happens. See the screenshot. Similar complaints -- essentially unsolved: Download arrow animation sticks on last frame as well as tumblr like heart Safe Mode did not help; re-enabling hardware acceleration helped but caused crashing The "Download Complete" arrow animation stops before it disappears problem seemed reduced in Safe Mode Weird blue object shows up periodically on toolbar of Firefox browser no feedback from the poster.

In Windows 10, you might notice a blue arrows overlay icon for some folders and files. It looks like a pair of blue arrows pointing at each other. You might be curious what this overlay icon indicates and how to disable it. You will find the answer in this article. The blue arrows overlay icon on a folder or a file indicates that it is compressed using NTFS file system compression to save disk space. The addition of the overlay icon itself is new to Windows 10 File Explorer. Download empty icon.

In the archive, you also will find the ready-to-use Registry files to avoid the manual Registry editing and save your time.

Tip: See how to jump to the desired Registry key with one click. You are done. Before: After:. When you have the tool open in front of you, navigate to the following location using the left-hand pane of the Registry Editor. Name this key folder Shell Icons. The will create a new entry in the Shell Icons key folder which you need to name Once has been created, double-click it and change the value data to the path of the blank icon you moved earlier.

It should look like the example below. Once you have made the change click Ok , and Restart your computer for the change to take effect. Software PC. PC Games. Categories: Windows. Add to favorites. Quick access.

Search related threads. Remove From My Forums. Asked by:. Archived Forums. Visual Studio General Questions. Sign in to vote. Hello, After a recent update of Windows 10 pro, when i install my softwares with my installers made as a VS setup project , a double blue Arrow is overlayed on the icon of the desktop shortcuts of my program.

Some one can explain why, and especially how to remove these blue arrows? Thursday, December 29, PM. Hi Nordine, thanks for reply, but this is not the Arrow from which i spoke.

Below is this annoying double blue Arrow: best regards. Meanwhile, some other methods that I found as below: 1. Friday, December 30, AM. Hi, thank for your replies. My setup installer is done with a Visual Studio Installer project. I don't have Norton tools. The problem has appeared only after a recent update of Windows 10!

And i wish you all a happy new year. Friday, December 30, PM. Hi Pascal, Happy new year and thank you for your update. Monday, January 2, AM. Hi Sara, Happy new year too.

I can not remove recent update because: - i need recent update which is required by my recent graphic card, - and, any way, how to do this, W10 do updates automatically. My version of W10 is the os version