Q: Why do some file and folder names show up in with a two blue arrows in the upper-right corner of the icon in Microsoft Windows 10? A: If file names or folder names show up in blue, it is because file compression or encryption is enabled on that file or folder. Nov 30, 2015  I'm sure he doesn't mean the blue arrow in the white box on the bottom left, but the two blue arrows on the top right. I see them as well, over shortcuts as well as actual documents.

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.

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If you are a regular Winaero reader, you might be already knowing about CompactOS, the new compression mechanism introduced in Windows 10. It is intended to save some notable amount of disk space for SSD owners and mobile device users.

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.

If you are not happy to see this blue overlay icon, here is how you can disable it.

1. Download the ZIP archive which contains the empty icon. It will be used instead of the blue arrows icon.

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

2. Extract and put the blank.ico file to any folder you want. For example, let's use the following path:
3. Open Registry Editor.
4. Go to the following path:

   Tip: See how to jump to the desired Registry key with one click.

5. Create a new subkey named Shell Icons.
6. Under the Shell Icons subkeym, create a new string value and name it 179. Set its value to the full path the 'blank.ico' file. In my case I have to set it to
7. Sign out from your Windows session or restart the Explorer shell.

You are done. Before:
After:

To undo this change, you need to delete the mentioned '179' value.

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Then open the downloaded file just now. Tp link tl wn722n windows 10 driver. And search for setup.exe and you double-click it to make the installer process run.

That's it.

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