Green Bars in Visual Studio 2010

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They show lines that you have changed.

See here for more details and a table showing what the different colours mean:

+-----------+------------------------------+-------------------------+
| Marker    |     Different from           |    Different from file  |
|  colour   |       file saved on disk?    |      that was opened?   |
+-----------+------------------------------+-------------------------+
| Nothing   |        No                    |       No                |
| Yellow    |        Yes                   |       Yes               |
| Green     |        No                    |       Yes               |
| Orange    |        Yes                   |       No                |
+-----------+------------------------------+-------------------------+

Edit: Blue indicates that the line was changed, saved and then reverted by undoing.
To see the entire list of colour schemes, go to Tools>Opitons>Environment>Fonts and Colors.(or Ctrl+Q.then type “Fonts and Colors”)

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