I know i can hide it and just get the normal one back, but i don't wanna see it in the first place, my question is: Can i get permanently rid of it, so it never appears?
Surely i'm not the only one here annoyed by this, i would classify this as a bug that MS need to fix, or at least give the user an option to disable this
When you select something by single clicking on it, it gets highlighted. This has always been the case. Not sure if there is a way to tell windows 7 to not highlight things you click on. There are various apps out and about that allow you to customize certain nitty gritty aspects of the appearance and behavior. Lamicsoft makes a fairly comprehensive and good "Windows 7 Manager", but I do not recall seeing this change option when gave it a trial run, but it easily could be..
Yeah i'm having the same exact issue except it's on my "trash can" icon since it's the only one on my desktop. just as annoyed .
If i right click and hit "refresh" the dashed border will go away. however, if i alt tab away from desktop and then alt tab back, it's like windows automatically 'selects' the only icon on there and the dashed border is back.
anyway, i have no idea of how to fix this. there was an update and i restarted. it seemed like it had gone away and i remember thinking, "oh wow, that actually fixed that" but then i've added more wallpapers to my changing desktop and it's back
here's a pic:
post if you figure anything out!
I keep getting the same thing from time to time...its annoying! I am not sure when it happened or how, but I keep getting dotted outlines of the Desktop Icons. If I Refresh the Desktop, it goes away, until I select/use a new icon.
attached is crop of my desktop.
Click anywhere on the desktop, then hit TAB a few times.
The dotted border is keyboard focus for navigation.
that does nothing but move the dotted border to a new area. Once you click the desktop or use a icon it shows again.
i have exactly the same problem and looking for a solution. i m now seeing in HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop to find something wrong but i m not an ingeneer... if someone have THE solution to make this dotted line disapear, please let us know!!! (sorry about my english, i m french)
ho..... i invit you to hit tab on my keyboard all time i need it.... :). i know its a bug and i m looking for a real solution.
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