There are little blue arrows appearing on some of the files in my project in Visual Studio 2012 and I am not sure what they mean. And if I create a new class it does not have the icon on it.
Here's a screenshot: https://i.stack.imgur.com/tdZB1.jpg
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Are you connected to a version control system? I am only guessing but I'd bet those are version control symbols. – Brian A. Henning Jan 09 '14 at 20:41
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1@TimothyP, apart from technical part, thanks for reporting the duplicates, I am not sure how this mistake happened, I removed the duplicates. – Mohammad Kanan Jan 10 '18 at 10:28
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btw how good is this imgur ! 7 years old link is still available :) – Emil Apr 27 '21 at 22:03
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It indicates that the source file is not stored in the project directory. You get it with, for example, Project + Add Existing Item, select a file in another directory, click the arrow on the Add button and select "Add as Link".
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