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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?

  * original title - Windows xp desktop icons are all enclosed in a blue box. How can I remove the blue box of the icons? *

  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:

  a. go to control panel, and then click System.

  b. click on the Advanced tab and then click on the custom button.

  c. see if "Shadows fall to use the desktop icon labels" are checked, otherwise, check it out.

• I have black squares on my Windows 7 desktop icons. How can I remove them? -solved.

  I removed the arrow of visible shortcut on the shortcut icons.

  As a result of transforming all black icons.

  Is it possible to restore the icons without having to re - initialize the visible shortcut arrow?

  And then please how do I re - initialize the visible shortcut arrow?

  This thread resolved my problem:
  http://www.sevenforums.com/performance-maintenance/385043-i-have-black-squares-over-my-windows-7-desktop-icons-new-post.html
  

• Remove the Windows 7 Desktop icon shadows

  How can I remove the shades of the Windows 7 Desktop icon? Whenever I place the cursor on one of the icons that square shadow appears behind her.

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

  Thank you

  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.

  When you open Internet Explorer, it looks great in color etc that he did with XP which is now easier to read that Win 7, I feel. Each person will have to just play with the advanced appearance settings and select the ones they like best.

  So far, I'm very happy with the settings I have now and also do not have the shadow of the icon on the desktop.

  ColTom2

• My Windows 7 desktop icons will be a small box around them, the box is white and has perforated lines. Not a big deal, all simply boring.

  My Windows 7 desktop icons will be a small box around them, the box is white and has perforated lines.  Not a big deal, all simply boring.  It is usually around the last icon I used.  But sometimes randomly will appear around, most frequently the trash.

  Have you tried to go to customize and change your theme?  Maybe redefine things will help the issue.  You can also try re - install (or looking for a newer version of) your graphics card driver.  You can normally find this by going to the manufacturer of your computer site, click Help, and then by entering your model number.

  A few guesses.  Weird problem!

• Windows XP: desktop icons changed to the same names, but retained their original functions

  Hello

  I know that put at the point before, but the problem was never properly solved. I have Windows XP. While I was changing the name of one of my Office Word Document files yesterday, all of a sudden all my desktop icons changed under the same name. I can't tell you how it happened. 'My computer', 'My Documents', 'Trash' 'Internet Explorer', 'Adobe Reader', 'Corel Photo House', "MS Paint", "HP Solution Center" and eight other program launch icons, as well as 12 document records and 25 files of Word document on my desk, all had the same name change that I'd just been undertaken with one Word on my desktop files. Each icon has yet launched the successful operation or properly open to its original content.

  I called my friends in the Geek Squad to two different Best Buys and they had never heard of him. I called Microsoft Corp. in Washington State and spoke to someone there. He had never heard of this before but found a couple of reports, one in 2006 and one in 2009. He said that he asked around the House Microsoft and if he could find an answer, post it on the forum.

  No one was able to tell me how it could happen and no one could tell me how to fix it.

  I then, on my own, done a restore of the system in two days. He restored the original names on all the items that I have listed above and it restored the original names on all 12 desktop file folders. But it does not restore the names under the 25 Word document files. Those that I had to open individually to see what they were and then rename them manually the original name. Would enjoy to hear your opinion on this.

  Pete Speth

  Hi Pete,.

  I tried what you wrote... Select all the files, rename one file and all the files are renamed automatically - as I thought - but for a change of my computer, my network places and My Document obtained renamed the sting that it represents in the registry! I tried CTRL + Z file names seem to be restored, but not for the default icons!... Seems interesting...

• When I restart my PC Windows XP desktop icons auto arrange on the left side of the screen.

  On the screen of "rearrange icons by", "Auto arrange" is unchecked. !!!

  I use the app "icon Restorer" to move my icons to how I arranged the on the desktop, but every time that I reboot the desktop icons auto arrange themselves on the left side of the screen.

  What can I do to keep my static desktop icons (and not self organization after reboot)?

  .

  Hello Henry

  The list in two steps below are users in another thread about the same exact issue. Try the steps suggested, let me know they help. Thank you.

  Mysoul           

  Hi there, have you tried? Click with the right button on a blank space on your desktop, highlight the icons on the desktop, check on "locking up icons" and organize the uncheck'auto?

  or

  securityguy14            

  When you say "LOCK icon on my desktop items" I assume you mean to stop to rearrange a reboot? If that's what you mean, so just copy paste then whats below into Notepad, then click on "file > save under...". "in the part superior, save it to the desktop. When you save the 'Save as type' change to 'Documents text (*.txt)' to 'All Files' and name it anything with a .reg extension. Close everything and then click on the file and select "merge". also, you want to make sure to add the part "Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00".» This registry setting records the position of items on the desktop when you turn off

  Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

  [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]
  "NoSaveSettings" = hex (3): 00, 00, 00, 00

  Change the settings of the REGISTRY can cause serious problems that may prevent your computer from starting properly. Microsoft cannot guarantee that problems resulting from the REGISTRY settings configuration can be solved. Changes to these settings are at your own risk...

  The answers are from the thread linked below.

  http://answers.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows/Forum/windows_xp-desktop/how-can-i-lock-desktop-icons/75c03648-1478-4c7b-a8f2-392616b30728

• Windows 7 desktop icons are not visible.

  I tried, but still the icons are not displayed. Can someone help me?

  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:
  Icons disappear from the Windows 7 Desktop
  https://support.Microsoft.com/en-us/KB/2670504

  I hope this information helps.

  Please let us know if you need more help.

  Thank you

• Windows 7 desktop icons move after reboot

  Hello world!

  This is the first time in my life (and I am 41) ask your question like this, windows product but I am already desperate with this annoying icon problem, and I consider myself an advanced PC user.

  I like to organize my desktop icons (and I have a lot) in my own way everywhere in the desktop for my comfort and until a few days ago they still reappeard on the same place where I put them after the restart or shutdown.

  A few days ago, I bought a new TV (LG LCD 80 cm) with a HDMI input and connect with my Nvidia GeForce 9400GT via a graphics card HDMI 10 m long hi-speed and turn on my PC. During the time of startup, I chose Windows 7 (either by the way, I have 3 OS-es on a HARD drive on separate partitions 3: WinXPpro Win7pro 64 bit, Ubuntu 11.04 64-bit) and when the loggin screen should appeard there was only white screen on my primary monitor, ACER A221HQ (22 "), connected by VGA cable. I couldn't even logg in Windows until it hits me, I better turn on the TV as well and BINGO, my loggin screen was on TV and not on my screen. Then I try to set my screen as main screen to be invited to have the obsolete Nvidia graphics card driver and I need to download the latest version. Is not not lazy i made cela, open the Nvidia Control Panel and set both views to clone fashion but the TV is to be marked as 1 (primary) and 2 (secondary) monitor and there is no option to manually set monitor as display a (primary).

  After that whenever I boot windows 7, that the desktop icons move to the left side of the screen little matter what I do in the menu desktop options.

  I guess this happens because windows now think my TV is the main display, not the monitor and send it so the Office on television to see that is turned off and then sends it to the screen, but with desktop icons rearranged for a stupid reason because I put resolutions on both screens to their native 1920 x 1080 resolution / 32 bit color / 60 Hz.

  Does anyone have an idea how to solve this problem? I tried to install this 3rd party software to save the position of the desktop icon, but it didn't work, I uninstall.

  Also this problem appears only on Windows 7, Windows XP have no problem at all, nor Ubuntu 11.04.

  Thanx.

  (Sorry for the grammatical errors, but English is not my native language)

  I'm sure you're right about the why behind it all, and I don't have an immediate solution.  However, I recommend a program of a company that has done a lot to work with and licensed a lot of Microsoft software.  It's an arrangement program called desktop icon by StarDock fences.  It might suit your needs.

• The corrupt Windows 7 desktop icons.

  I've only had my computer a couple of months, bought in April... My problem is that my desktop icons are all corrupt except my pictures that are on my desk... I tried to rebuild the cache several times and no dice. I download new programs that will create shortcuts icon and automatically it will be
  be corrupted, I tried to change the images to icon to something else and it remains still corrupted. I also tried the section keys sticky and this is not the problem. Please note that my computer is authentic and purchased in a computer store.

  Thank you.

  Hello

  1. have there been recent changes to the computer before the show?

  2 brings an error when you try to access the desktop icons?

  I suggest you to try the steps below and check if it helps.

  Method 1: Try to run fix it from the link below:

  Difficulty of broken desktop shortcuts and common system maintenance tasks: http://support.microsoft.com/mats/system_maintenance_for_windows/en-us

  Method 2:

  Also try to scan your computer for the Microsoft Security Scanner, which would help us to get rid of viruses, spyware and other malicious software.

  The Microsoft Security Scanner is a downloadable security tool for free which allows analysis at the application and helps remove viruses, spyware and other malware. It works with your current antivirus software.

  http://www.Microsoft.com/security/scanner/en-us/default.aspx

  Note: The Microsoft Safety Scanner ends 10 days after being downloaded. To restart a scan with the latest definitions of anti-malware, download and run the Microsoft Safety Scanner again.

  Note: The data files that are infected must be cleaned only by removing the file completely, which means that there is a risk of data loss.

  Method 3:

  If the problem persists, then try to create a new user account and check. Follow the steps mentioned in the article given below to create a new user account.

  Create a user account.

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/create-a-user-account

  If it works fine in the new user account, you can access the link and follow the steps for the corrupt profile Fix:
  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/fix-a-corrupted-user-profile

  Hope this information is useful.

• The Windows 8 desktop icons disappeared

  just bought a new computer.  Yesterday, the Office had icons above and I was able to access the programs through the icons on the desktop.  Today, the icons have disappeared, and I am not able to access the programs, even through the start menu.  Where have they gone?  And how to find them?

  First, right-click and click view,

  

  Finally, click Show Desktop icons.

  

  OK, hope this helps!

• Windows 7 desktop icons will not work by clicking double to left

  HP laptop running Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit).

  Double left clicking on items on the desktop does not work.  To open the program I have to right click the icon, then click 'OPEN' in the menu dropdown.

  Double left clicking on works on the status bar at the bottom of the screen.

  Probably a switch has been triggered - but where?

  I should welcome any hepatitis!

  Thank you very much

  I think this should help you

  Difficulty of broken desktop shortcuts and common system maintenance tasks

• Windows 7 desktop icons are all links

  Have a new windows 7. flying over my photos from the old computer. Some show a picture, so I right click for hopefully display image in an another photo viewer. I chose the windows photo viewer.  All icons on the desktop has changed so that icon and I can't open anything. They are all links

  'All icons on the desktop changed to icon and I cannot open anything'. I assume this is the icon of the windows photo viewer?

  I think that what's happened is that you used 'open with' on a shortened. You can check by going to control panel > programs > associate a file type or Protocol with a scroll of program LNK partner should say unknown. I suspect now is said however: Photo Viewer.

  If so, there are two ways, this can be fixed. The easy way requires editing the registry but then you want to go this route.

  1. click on Start Menu, type regedit in start search and press ENTER. Right click on regedit search results and run it as an administrator.

  2. navigate to the following registry branch:

  NtVersion ntVersion\Explorer\FileExts\ [ext]

  Replace the [ext] with the real extension of the file you want to restore the file type association to return to the original Windows 7 by default (probably .lnk). If you unsure, simply browse through all the Sub-touche under FileExts.

  3. delete the subkey named UserChoice.

  4. exit the registry editor.

  The second method is a little more work, can't fix it, but does not involve the registry.

  Since the default action is caused by the user (as it was accidental) choice, you can be able to restore everything simply by creating a new user account. See if the icons to return to their natural state, then knit. If so, just move all your files and folders and delete the old account. If you use Outlook, you also need to reset where it looks for files of Outlook, but it can be automatic (do not try to start Outlook until what everything is copied on the property). If you use this method, remember to copy the hidden appdata folder. Just show all before you begin the copy.

• most of my Windows 8 desktop icons and programs disappeared

  About 20 GB, programs and files located on my desktop Windows 8 have disappeared. There are several empty folders always on the desktop with all icons and programs into them now gone. I've never seen anything like that in all my years with PC and Mac. I see all the icons and the folder disappears somehow but it's like 95% of them from my desktop Windows 8 watch now 2.05 MB 20 GB before vs. The good thing is that there was no important personal data on my desk because they are on a separate with the external backup drive.

  Hey Joe,

  1. don't you perform all tasks as Refresh\Reset?

  2. is it a security software installed on your computer?

  This problem may occur because of virus.

  I suggest you to use the Microsoft Safety Scanner and check if there is no virus.

  Microsoft Safety Scanner: http://www.microsoft.com/security/scanner/en-us/default.aspx

  
  Note: the Microsoft Safety Scanner expires 10 days after being downloaded. To restart a scan with the latest definitions of anti-malware, download and run the Microsoft Safety Scanner again. The data files that are infected can be cleaned by removing the file completely, which means that there is a risk of data loss.

  I suggest you to check the folder settings.

  Windows 8 how: 19. Drives, folders and show hidden files

  I suggest you to search program or a particular folder and check if you are able to access the same.

  How to search for a file or an App

  Keep us updated on the status of the issue.

• Windows 7 desktop icons keep reorganize

  Every day, all the icons on my Win7 desktop rearrange themselves. Usually, they move to the left edge of the screen. I have laboriously move all icons again to where I like them, and 3-10 days later, they all go left again. I have found no reason or event likely to cause this - but it is very annoying!

  I have Win7 build 7100 running on a Dell Latitude D830 laptop. Standard equipment and very few non-Microsoft software. In short, it's a pretty neat system.

  To complete Reyas.M.I. to answer, under notice is to select the size of the icons Auto Arrange icons and icons to align it on the grid.  The sort by option includes the name, size, Item type, and Date modified.  I suggest that you check out views and sort by. Corrine, Microsoft MVP (consumer security). This posting is provided "AS IS" without any warranty and not an entitlement.