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remove dotted foucs lines from desktop icons

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arcticice777 Original post #1
Jul 13, 2012 at 10:51 PM
it alwys keeps me bothering:-x wen i select a desktop icons coz it shows dotted white line whch is like a bug to my eyes."
i want to remove it but dont know how..
google it a lot but no help from there as well.

if anyone know how to do dis...pls share ur trick!
(BTW AM TAKING ABOUT FOCUS DOTTED LINES..as shown in d pic)
thnks
Regards.:)*img.photobucket.com/albums/v191/da13371ama/icon.jpg
coderunknown
Jul 14, 2012 at 1:02 PM
can you post a pic of what dotted line. BTW are you using Windows XP?
thetechfreak
Jul 14, 2012 at 1:56 PM
I think the line is around the icon of last program you used. Refreshing should do the trick :wink:
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Tech&ME #4
Jul 14, 2012 at 2:39 PM
it alwys keeps me bothering:-x wen i select a desktop icons coz it shows dotted white line whch is like a bug to my eyes."
i want to remove it but dont know how..
google it a lot but no help from there as well.

if anyone know how to do dis...pls share ur trick!

thnks
Regards.:)

Can you post a screenshot ? what dotted lines are you talking about ?

Are you talking about the White Arrow over the icons ?
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Jul 18, 2012 at 10:38 PM
can you post a pic of what dotted line. BTW are you using Windows XP?

no man!! i m usin win 7 ultimate.
btw dos focus line r common in all windows so it hardly matters....anyway i read some forums whch saYS its possible to get rid of annoying thng..:):-D