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i am really annoyed with this and i want to know how to remove the annoying dotted border that appears around desktop icons sometimes i cant seem to find a way to get rid of it
 

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Click on the Desktop, hit Tab.
 

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DQScott95 said:
i am really annoyed with this and i want to know how to remove the annoying dotted border that appears around desktop icons sometimes i cant seem to find a way to get rid of it
Click to expand...

Can you take and post a screenshot showing this dotted border? I just want to confirm which it is, because the "border" is one of 2 things:
  1. It is the keyboard indicator, and shows on which icon any keyboard operations will be executed, such as pressing the <ENTER> or <CONTEXT_MENU> keys.
  2. You have set your desktop to disply Large Icons, and the program file for an icon that shows the border does not have an icon larger than 32x32 pixels, and Windows is just highlighting this so that you don't get confused as to why there is such a large "empty space" on the sides of the icon compared to others.
 

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How do i take a screenshot so i can show you guys

It only happens sometimes but i have to restart my comuter to make it go away when it does happen
 

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Start :ar: snippin tool

or Print scrn key & paste it in microsoft paint :)
 

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Ooooooh i forgot about the PRTSC button haha thank you next time it happens i will post a screenshot

Also this is totally unrelated to the topic but every once in awhile my screen will get all screwy its wierd any idea what thats about i cant take a screenshot cause when i do it shows that nothings wrong so i think it might be my actual screen
 
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I dont speak frenc....Ok i got a pic how do i post it???
 

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I think that it just shows the last icons that was selected,

what happens after you right click on the desktop & choose Refresh ?
 

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DocBrown said:
I think that it just shows the last icons that was selected,

what happens after you right click on the desktop & choose Refresh ?
Click to expand...
He will get the same thing until he reboots. It's a bug in Win 7. It's suppose to be showing the translucent rectangle selection instead of the old dotted border. You can hit refresh for the translucent selection to temporarily show again but once the desktop gets focus again by mouse clicking the desktop background, the dotted border will be back.
 

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Nevermind its back OMG i need a perm solution to this
 

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There is no way to disable the dotted border around icons. It is not a bug.
Its inbuilt and that's the way it is and its been there since Windows 95. Its just that people don't notice it much.
 

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I know very well that its not a bug but i dont like it and i want it to go away
 

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Intel(R)/Realtek High Definition Audio HDMI
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1366x768
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488GB Western Digital WDC WD5000BEVT-22ZAT0 (IDE)
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