Solved Windows 11 pro desktop icons


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just setting up a new windows 11 pro laptop, I have dragged and dropped a few files from backup usb to my desktop and I noticed that two of the files have little red X's in the bottom left corner, files open as normal so what do these red X's mean please? all help and advice appreciated
 

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conrail said:
just setting up a new windows 11 pro laptop, I have dragged and dropped a few files from backup usb to my desktop and I noticed that two of the files have little red X's in the bottom left corner, files open as normal so what do these red X's mean please? all help and advice appreciated
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Right click on desktop and choose refresh. Failing that reset the icon cache by deleting C:\Users\(User Name)\AppData\Local\IconCache.db.
You will need to show hidden files in Control Panel -> File Explorer Options - View Tab to see that folder (if you want to).

You can delete the icon cache by running these commands in order in Windows Terminal......

ie4uinit.exe -show
taskkill /IM explorer.exe /F
DEL /A /Q "%localappdata%\IconCache.db"
DEL /A /F /Q "%localappdata%\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer\iconcache*"
shutdown /r /f /t 00

And the following is a tutorial on that and two other ways to do it.....

www.elevenforum.com

Rebuild Icon Cache in Windows 11

This tutorial will show you how to rebuild the icon cache to clear and reset it for your account in Windows 10 and Windows 11. The icons that display for files in Windows are saved in an icon cache so they can be displayed quickly instead of having to manually scan and slowly load them each...
www.elevenforum.com www.elevenforum.com

:-)
 
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Welcome to the forum. These days, documents, pictures, and desktop folders are stored in onedrive by default...not on your hard drive as you have been accustomed to. However, there is a way to move the folders back to your user folder residing on your computer if you prefer.
See instructions in post #2 in this thread. How to get a folder out of your OneDrive
 

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thank you secondsight, Bree and glasskuter, I appreciate your help and advice, all sorted
 

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glasskuter said:
These days, documents, pictures, and desktop folders are stored in onedrive by default...not on your hard drive as you have been accustomed to.
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Yes and no. It is uploaded to one drive (space available) and the data is on the computer as well by default.
 

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thank you one and all, much appreciated
 

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