highlighted desktop icons

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Right-click on your desktop and select:

Properties > Desktop > Customize Desktop > Web (tab)
and uncheck "Lock Desktop Items", click OK and APPLY.

Also, check this setting:

Right-click MY COMPUTER and select:
Properties > Advanced > Performance settings >
Visual Effects, place a check next to "Use Drop Shadows
for Icon Labels on the Desktop", then click "apply".

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"johnjaytee" wrote:

| I was trying to move a jpeg to the desktop and after closing open IE I
| noticed all my desktop icons were highlighted, I have tried backtracking
| without any success. any help with this problem would be great