Two Little Blue Arrows on Folder and File Icons

What do the Little Blue Arrows on Folders and File Icons mean.

Windows will display little blue arrows on folders when the folder and it's file contents are compressed.  This issue with Folders and files on the desktop can be resolved using Online Desktop Support Software. Software that gives technical support the ability to connect remotely to a desktop and control it to fix the problem fast. Access desktops, Servers, Network switches and even firewalls online remotely.  

This can be verified by using a command line executable tool name compact 

Open a command prompt ,  go to the directory or drive letter and run the command  "compact". 

Here's an example using the C drive but it can be any drive such as in the example screen shot it is an E drive of a server  . type compact and hit enter.  

                       C:\>compact  

 

To go through subfolders / directories use the command line option of /s  C:\>compact /s

 

                      

The C next to the folder indicates the folder named active is compressed.  This is from a server I was working on. 

Windows 10 , 11 and expect future releases of Windows automatically begin to compress folders and files when disk space gets low. So even if you've not enabled compression on any particular folder or drive letter, it will turn on automatically. Related post about compression and blue arrows on folders and files Windows File Explore with relevant information. The solution was simple, compression that activates automatically when the C drive of a Windows system desktop runs low on free space.  Hope this helps. 

Access desktops, Servers, Network switches and even firewalls online remotely.