Shortcut or No shortcut

Hi guys,

Anybody know what this is? I did not create a shortcut and I have no idea where it's coming from.

I suspect that's it's an indicator showing that there is a shortcut in that Drive for One Drive. I think.

You have One Drive mapped to a drive letter?

johnlgalt said:

You have One Drive mapped to a drive letter?

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Nope. I have it mapped to a folder on that drive. Only in Win 11 have I seen this appear.

Zardoc said:

Nope. I have it mapped to a folder on that drive. Only in Win 11 have I seen this appear.

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well its pointing to the drive to help you find your mapped folder.

tonez4466 said:

well its pointing to the drive to help you find your mapped folder.

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It's not confirmed cause nobody has found proof that this a One Drive shortcut even if I suspect it is.

Zardoc said:

Nope. I have it mapped to a folder on that drive. Only in Win 11 have I seen this appear.

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Nice! A better way to indicate drive to folder mappings, I like it!

Reason I asked is that the Googel FileStream .. er, Drive for Desktop app does allow you to map to drive letters - and up to 4 accounts. They *finally* caught up to OneDrive's dual account support and leapfrogged it with more accounts and automatic drive letter assignment, if you enable it.

But my Google Drive with drive letters assigned don't have that shortcut icon on it.

Let me try mapping like you did.

I know for sure that it's MS. I found the icon

But when I do it in 11, it doesn't show that icon at all.

It shows the standard Windows 11 drive icon with a green bar under it:

I know for sure that it's MS. I found the icon
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johnlgalt said:

But when I do it in 11, it doesn't show that icon at all.

It shows the standard Windows 11 drive icon with a green bar under it:

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I remember that if you had too many apps using the same method of storage, you might not see the storage image or the page needs a refresh. Not sure.

I have the set-up like this

I have my files set up yo sync as well, including Desktop, Documents, and Pictures special folders.

But I used net use command to map drive to the OneDrive root folder.

It should see it but I found the explanation I was talking about.

FROM WINDOWS REPORT (but that was with ten. Don't know if 11 fixed it)<

if the OneDrive icon overlay is missing, the problem might be the limited number of icon overlays. Windows has a certain limit of icon overlays that it can use, and if your OneDrive icon overlays are missing, it’s possible that you reached the maximum number of icon overlays.
If that happens, other applications will get a priority over OneDrive which will cause your OneDrive icon overlays to stop working.


3. Edit your registry

1. Type regedit in the search box and press Enter.
2. Back up the Windows Registry -> right-click on Computer > Export.
3. Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionExplorerShellIcon‌OverlayIdentifiers
4. Delete the folders with no name, as well as the spaces at the beginning of the names of the folders that are higher than the ones relative to OneDrive. You can insert a space in front of the OneDrive file names to send those files to the top of the list.
5. Restart your computer.

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4. Use ShellExView​

If the OneDrive icon overlay is missing, the problem might be the limited number of icon overlays. Windows has a certain limit of icon overlays that it can use, and if your OneDrive icon overlays are missing, it’s possible that you reached the maximum number of icon overlays.

If that happens, other applications will get a priority over OneDrive which will cause your OneDrive icon overlays to stop working.

This doesn’t mean that OneDrive isn’t working, but you won’t get a visual notification in terms of icon overlays which can be a problem for some users.

However, there’s a way to see the applications that use icon overlays. To do that, you’ll need a third-party application called ShellExView. This is a freeware and portable application, so you can use it on your PC without any limitations.

Once you download the application, follow these steps:

1. Start ShellExView.
2. When ShellExView opens, go to, click the sort the entries by Type and scroll down until you locate Icon Overlay Handlers.
3. 
4. Now you’ll see all Icon Overlay Handlers on your PC. Simply select the Icon Overlay Handler that you want to disable and click the red circle in the toolbar. Keep a close eye on the description section so you can identify which application is using the handler.

After disabling unused handlers, the problem should be resolved. If needed, you can always enable handlers by going back to the ShellExView application. This is an advanced solution, so use extra caution while performing it.

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@johnlgalt I think I found what it is. It's a sharing marker. It means that the drive is shared.
I activated share on other drives and saw the check marks appear.



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