Some of you have seen green check marks on your desktop files, folders, and some icons. These check marks appear at the bottom left side of files, folders, and shortcut icons placed on the desktop.

Microsoft says Windows 11 File Explorer fixes go beyond preloading, with work targeting launch order, disk reads, hangs, and visual delays that have made the app feel slower than it should.

So you're browsing through your Windows files and notice that a few were marked with an annoying red X. In a panic, you try opening and editing them to see if they've somehow been corrupted. They ...