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  I tried just abut everything to stop these shadows to appear.

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  The solution to remove the shadows of the desktop icon is to show the performance Options screen and remove the control of the last listed issue "use Visual styles on windows and buttons" then click on apply and then OK. This will change the global settings for Custom.

  However, there are some side effects of the use of this option that removes the shadows of the icon on the desktop. It changes your taskbar to style XP Taskbar and change also a custom icon, menus, and other advanced to default appearance settings. All the settings you have previously changed must be reaccomplished.

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• How to remove blue border of the Windows XP desktop icons?

  Windows xp desktop icons are all framed in a blue box. How can I remove the blue box of the icons?

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  Hello

  ·         Remember to make changes to the system?

  I suggest you send a screenshot of the problem you are having so that we can help you in a better way.

  Use SkyDrive download collected files and after shot/screenshot.

  http://social.technet.Microsoft.com/forums/en-us/w7itproui/thread/4fc10639-02dB-4665-993a-08d865088d65

  Apart from that, I suggest you follow the steps mentioned below.

   

  Method 1:

  a. right click on your desktop, and then tap rearrange icons by.

  b. see if "Lock Web items on your desktop" are checked, if checked, uncheck it.

  The problem should be resolved, otherwise, follow method 2.

  Method 2:

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• Icon on the Windows 7 Desktop links disappear

  Because the Office keeps losing my links, I created a folder on my USB hard drive that contains my links from the office, so I can refresh more quickly once they'll miss (copy in my office).

  Many times I come to the machine and the icons that point to objects on my USB hard drive are missing.

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• The desktop icons disappeared

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  -Remember you proceed with recent computer between the calendar changes when things worked fine and now?
   
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  I understand that you have problems with the icons who have recently disappeared from the desktop. We are happy to help you in the matter of fixing.

  You did it all changes prior to this issue?

  In the meantime, please follow the following suggestions to solve the problem with icons that disappeared from the office.

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  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/2670504/en-us

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  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/978980

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• The desktop icons disappear

  Start and the desktop icons disappear when the computer is left unattended for a period of time.

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  I tried method 1 and it did not help, I tried method 2 and I received an error message indicating that the sfc scan has failed and method 3, returned a negative virus detection.

  Out of pure frustration, I pulled the cables at the back of the computer and left the cable VGA/SVGA male PC to another port on the computer (at the bottom of the computer toward the upper left side), and it seems to have done the trick - why I do not know?

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  Ashutosh Hello,

  Thanks for posting your question on the Microsoft community.

  We need more information about the issue so that we can help you better.

  Have you made any recent hardware or software on your computer changes?

  Thank you for details on the issue.

  This problem can occur because of incorrect or damaged Office customization settings.

  I suggest you use the steps in this article and check if it helps.
  Reference:
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  https://support.Microsoft.com/en-us/KB/2670504

  I hope this information helps.

  Please let us know if you need more help.

  Thank you