William Beaver asked for “a simple, safe” way to remove the arrows from the shortcuts on his desktop. Shortcuts point to files–usually but not always programs–that are stored elsewhere on your drive.

Your taskbar icons are trying to tell you something. Here’s what the most common ones—and their variations—really mean.

If you have noticed an icon with 2 small blue overlays, know that the Windows OS placed it to indicate that the file or folder has been compressed to save disk space. If you are looking for a way to ...