Remove the "Focus Rectangle" from Icons

kidego said:

Bongo said:

The link is broken to the Universal Focus Rectangle Remover so I will post it here in a zip folder.

Bongo - I just wanted to thank you for taking the time to realize the broken link, and being kind enough to post an alternative download method for those like myself. I have searched exhaustively all over the net and have come up with either broken links, or straight up b.s. links redirecting me somewhere else. Please keep it posted for others, for future reference. Thanks again...ROCK!!! ~johnny~

kidego said:

I am curious as to why this has recently become such a common issue with people all over the world. For example, I have had Windows 7 and been running it fine without ever running into the "Rectangle Box" Problem. Seriously, it has only been within the last several months, a year tops, that it has been an issue for me at least. Obviously it has something to do with Windows itself, and one possibility I was thinking may be from a recent Win Update. This of course being said admitting that I am no IT Tech. and could be way off base. But, it seems at least a logical question. In addition, I was thinking it may have something to do with the Win Cleaning Programs. For example, I use Ccleaner...possibly whatever it is cleaning could be ****ing with the registry too. Finally, I haven't pinned the exact cause as of yet, but what I have mentioned above are the only things that I can think of considering the only changes I have made personally, or new software I have used (Ccleaner) as mentioned above. Any thoughts on this topic as far as possible cause? If so, please respond because it has been seriously irritating the **** out of me to find out the cause. thanks in advance...

You're welcome

This issue has be around for a long time it's not new.

Jerry

Greetings all. I decided to register because of how super easy and simple of a fix I found to this problem. No download needed, or logging on and off. Just go to your desktop and simply press alt+escape. That should remove the dotted outline caused by using keyboard navigation. I hope this helps anyone else out there searching for a fix to this problem. Cheers everyone!

Bongo said:

The link is broken to the Universal Focus Rectangle Remover so I will post it here in a zip folder.

Thanks for posting this link, I have lost my backup of the archive in the meantime and like many others, just couldn't find it online

Gornot said:

Bongo said:

The link is broken to the Universal Focus Rectangle Remover so I will post it here in a zip folder.

Thanks for posting this link, I have lost my backup of the archive in the meantime and like many others, just couldn't find it online

You're welcome

Ditto on the old post. Just wanted to let folks know this does not work with Windows 8.1.

I have 8.1 Pro X64 and it doesn't work for me.

This no longer works .. something changed in the last few weeks. Even when I reapply the Remove Focus, or regsrv32 the DLL .. it does not work.