

If possible try using the UNC path directly instead of a mapped drive and see if your problem goes away.
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I'm not sure if Windows has a time limit or other restrictions on how long it can wait for an icon to be retrieved. My running guess is that when the shell needs the icon the drive hasn't been reconnected. OneDrive will also check for other file or folder changes and may show. This includes when you are uploading files, or OneDrive is syncing new files from the cloud to your PC. When you do access the drive then it'll trigger the reconnect. The circular arrows over the OneDrive or OneDrive for work or school notification icons signify that sync is in progress. There is no benefit in doing that until you actually hit the drive. So just because you mapped a drive doesn't mean Windows wastes the time reconnecting to it. That was changed back in Win10 I believe.

The actual problem though, I suspect, is that Windows doesn't restore mapped drives at login anymore. Open Windows Defender Security Center by searching for it or by right-clicking on the shield icon in the right part of your taskbar and selecting Open. The shell does cache icons so it is possible that once you get the icon to show up then it should be fine until the cache is flushed but you will have no way of knowing when that is. For icons they have to be scanned as well and if they are on a network drive then that requires a network call. Microsofts innovation was to place the shield on the icon to let you know in advance that youll need elevated permissions to run that file. So if you put a document (not a shortcut) on the desktop then when the shell has to refresh that includes scanning the document. Rather, this is part of the system of user accounts and access permissions that was developed by the computer industry even before Microsoft existed. Anything on the desktop is scanned by AV. The shell needs to be quick and it needs to be secure.

User Account Control (UAC) can help prevent unauthorized changes to your computer.
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Turn User Account Control on or off Refer: Guided Help: Adjust User Account Control settings in Windows 7 Note: Make sure that to enable UAC back after your troubleshooting. The issue is that you have a network involved. Method 1: Disable User Account Control and check what happens. I dont know of any way to remove the shield, but Ive never tried myself. Most of these things will give you a UAC pop-up or need to be run by right-clicking and choosing 'run as administrator'. Copy and paste each of the following cmds into the cmd prompt window, pressing enter, after each cmd. Items with the shield need administrator privileges to run. How can i open yahoo messenger or yahoo mail on nokia asha 200 When using yahoo messenger if i want to open a link or try to get mail through yahoo insider they open them onto a read-only word page, how can i stop Security shield on. Next (press the ctrl+shift+enter keys together) an elevated command prompt will open. I'm pretty sure this would have been an issue in Win10 as well. My yahoo messenger has the blue and yellow shield on the icon on my desktop Uac shield on adobe reader icon.
