Windows 7 progress bar sometimes turns yellow

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The pulsating green progress bar sometimes turns yellow in Windows 7. It happens in multiple apps and programs, but I can't tell the exact conditions under which it occurs.

Does it mean anything or is it a glitch?

Tomas Andrle

Posted 2009-10-05T20:36:30.150

Reputation: 2 892

Answers

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This is not a bug/glitch, it is a feature:

Green means in progress

Red means stopped due to error - Needs user intervention

Blue means paused (although never got to one of these)

Yellow for either paused or hanged.

William Hilsum

Posted 2009-10-05T20:36:30.150

Reputation: 111 572

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