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desktop icons highlighted?

14 years ago

Came into work this morning and all my desktop icons are highlighted in black???? I did manage to find the color change under display but I can't take the color away?? I've tried everything and they are still highlighted.

Any help is greatly appreciated!

Evelyn

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bpgreen
14 years ago
Have you rebooted?
efine50
Original Author
14 years ago
Yes numerous times....and unplugged from wall outlet
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bpgreen
14 years ago
I just tried to get this to happen on mine so I could figure out how to undo it, but I couldn't figure out how to make it happen. I haven't seen that before that I can remember.

Sorry I can't be more help.
lpinkmountain
14 years ago
Is you computer trying to open all the programs of the icons? Where is the highlighting? I had all my icons get highlighted and start to open because my shift (I think it was shift, or something like that), key was stuck down. It wasn't stuck literally, but it was stuck from an internal/interface perspective, since I spilled coffee on my keyboard and it really messed it up as far as the way the keys worked. Could it be a keyboard issue like mine was? Or maybe a mouse interface issue? I dunno, because the "black" description seems confusing.

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