Box on desktop icons.

Alex_S_MrBison

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• Dec 22, 2023

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A box appeared on the desktop icons that I didn't see before, as if the icons were being backed up, but I don't have OneDrive installed, I uninstall it when I finish formatting, because I don't use it, does anyone know what this icon is about?

I found an image online of the same icons.

 

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• Dec 22, 2023

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1) Do you use shortcut arrows on your icons? If so, disable shortcut arrows and see if that helps.
2) Rebuild the icon cache.

The easiest way to do either of these suggestions is with Winaero Tweaker (Download Winaero Tweaker). Alternatively, to rebuild the cache: Rebuild Icon Cache in Windows 11 Tutorial

 

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• Dec 22, 2023

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OneDrive, info here,

Brown Box Icons on Desktop in Windows 11: Meaning and Fix

Brown box icons on desktop files in Windows 11 mean the data isn't on your PC, as with OneDrive or Dropbox online-only files. Find your case and its fix.

www.heatware.net

 

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• Dec 22, 2023

• #4

Fabler2 said:

OneDrive, info here,

Brown Box Icons on Desktop in Windows 11: Meaning and Fix

Brown box icons on desktop files in Windows 11 mean the data isn't on your PC, as with OneDrive or Dropbox online-only files. Find your case and its fix.

www.heatware.net

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Respectfully - it's a white box not a brown box, and he does not have One Drive installed.

 

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• Dec 22, 2023

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allan said:

Respectfully - it's a white box not a brown box, and he does not have One Drive installed.

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ok but this is what I see from the image,

 

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• Dec 22, 2023

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My mistake - sorry.

 

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• Dec 22, 2023

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allan said:

My mistake - sorry.

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No apology needed at all, but as you say OneDrive has been uninstalled but that is definitely a OneDrive icon unless another cloud storage program uses the same badge.

 

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  Manufacturer/Model

  ASUS Vivobook

  CPU

  AMD Ryzen™ 7 7730U

  Motherboard

  M1605YA

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  24GB Dual-Channel DDR4 @ 1596MHz (22-22-22-52)

  Graphics Card(s)

  512MB ATI AMD Radeon Graphics (ASUStek Computer Inc)

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  Generic PnP Monitor (1920x1200@60Hz) - P1 PLUS (1920x1080@59Hz)

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  32 GB DDR4 SDRAM 3200 MHz

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  NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 6 GB GDDR6 SDRAM

  Sound Card

  Realtek Audio. NVIDIA High Definition Audio

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  15.6" LED backlight 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) 144 Hz

  Screen Resolution

  1920 x 1080 (Full HD)

  Hard Drives

  Samsung 970 Evo Plus 2TB NVMe M.2

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• Dec 22, 2023

• #8

Just repeating what the OP says in his first post. He says he uninstalled One Drive. There is a slight possibility that one of my two suggestions in post #2 may work.

 

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