That means the small arrow on the desktop icons?

That means the small arrow on the desktop icons?

It designates the actual icon ' points to ' (or is a shortcut to) the actual file. You can create a shortcut to a file or a folder by right click, then click on "create shortcut". If you delete the shortcut, the original file is not removed.

For more information, see:

http://en.Wikipedia.org/wiki/File_shortcut

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