I'm confused a bit. If my desktop is the default window, when I leave my pointer on a desktop item, it highlights it, and always has if memory serves me correctly.
So is this really a "bug", or has it always been the case that desktop items will become highlighted if you leave the pointer over them?
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Yes, when you single click an icon windows highlights it just like the thumbnail you have provided; but the highlight in your thumbnail is different than the highlight in PassTheJelly's post. The highlighted icon you have provided goes away when you deselect it by clicking a clear spot on your desktop. If you go to PassTheJell's post you will clearly see a white focus box around the icon. This focus box remains around the last icon you click on (select) even after you deselect it by clicking a clear spot on your desktop.
think i found the cure , click start, then right click " computer " click properties then click " Advanced system settings, then where it says "performance" click "settings" then where the long list of ticked items are, scroll down to the 2nd to last item and untick "use drop shadows for icon labels on desktop" then click apply, then you must reboot pc for it to work. Worked a treat for me, hope its of help
I have "use drop shadows for icon labels desktop" ticked and anytime the white box appears around an icon (which is rare, I might add), I just right click blank area on desktop and click Refresh and the box ALWAYS vanishes after a refresh. I just thought it was a focus glitch/bug.
if you unticked "use drop shadows for icon labels desktop" then reboot your pc , you wont have to keep clickin refreshi
Uncheck drop shadows does not work.
Refresh desktop does not work. Oh yes, it clears the dotted line but when you click the desktop again the dotted line shows back up.
Rebooting turns the dotted line off (even if you don't change any settings) but if you use the keyboard at any time while the focus is on the desktop the dotted line shows back up.
No, I have not found a way to permanently turn off the dotted line.
The only surefire way to turn off the the dotted focus box is to restore your system to an earlier date before the focus box appeared. That is what I did and I haven't had the problem since.
I just got this yesterday for the first time, and it was right after I changed my desktop background to a different picture. Refresh didn't work, so I changed my background image to something different, used ccleaners' cleaner tab, and it cleared it for me. Might try rebuilding the icon cache after it happens.
Remove all the icons from the desktop , all they do is use up memory. Put what you use on the task bar.
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