PC Clinic: How do I get rid of this icon?

scottishtv
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These wee arrows have appeared next to some folders I use regularly on the server. However, on other terminals, my colleagues (accessing the same folders) do not see the blue arrows.

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What's up with this? What are they/where did they appear from? What do they mean and how do I get rid of them?

Many thanks in advance guys. Did a bit of a search about, but couldn't find any hints.
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Gavin Scott
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Don't the arrows refer to it being a "synchronised" folder?

Perhaps right-clicking and checking for that would sort it?
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go to my computer

go tools -> folder options

offline files and uncheck the enable offline files option.

if you aren't on a network, this can use quite a lot of disk space.
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Pete
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in a similar vain, it's it possible to hide the little hand holding shared folders?

I have a folder shared over my network and the hand is rather annoying
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i've got tweakui on this pc atm, can you do it with that? i know you can hide the little arrow on the shortcut.
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Dr Lobster* wrote:i've got tweakui on this pc atm, can you do it with that? i know you can hide the little arrow on the shortcut.
i've tried in there without luck so far :(
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A long winded way of doing things would be to use something like Microangelo http://www.microangelo.us/ to create a blank icon and then re-assign the hand overlay to it.
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Dr Lobster* wrote:go to my computer

go tools -> folder options

offline files and uncheck the enable offline files option.

if you aren't on a network, this can use quite a lot of disk space.
Thanks for shedding some more light on this Gavin, and thanks for your solution Dr Lobster*.
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