Desktop icons


  1. scarab
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    Desktop icons


    I am new to the forum and I am OLD so bear with me

    I have a about 15 icons on the desk top =], two of them have a blue and orange sheild in the lower right corner
    what does that mean ?
    using windows 10 by the way
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  3. Cliff S
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    Win11 Pro, Win10 Pro N, Win10 Home, Windows 8.1 Pro, Ubuntu
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    Do you mean this?(by yellow arrow)
    Desktop icons-image-001.jpg

    That just means you need to give elevated(admin) privileges to run.
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  4. scarab
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    yes
    elevated(admin) privileges to run.     And that means what ? BESIDES RUN AS ADMINISTER
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  6. Cliff S
    Posts : 27,183
    Win11 Pro, Win10 Pro N, Win10 Home, Windows 8.1 Pro, Ubuntu
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    Read these:
    User Account Control - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    what does mean? | Yahoo Answers

    user accounts - What is in Windows 7? - Super User
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