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Gray shadow boxes surrounding all icons.
Wednesday, September 30, 2009 at 2:14 pm
Posted by Gigi Maggretti (2 messages posted)

Hello all! I am a newbie and really need help. After a recent automatic update, all my desktop icons are surrounded by an annoying gray shadow and my icon names are in gray boxes. Attempting to change folder icon isn't working, seems like this has something to do with deleting a file but have no idea where to begin. Thanks!

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re: Gray shadow boxes surrounding all icons.
Friday, October 2, 2009 at 9:08 am
Posted by _aleph_ (40 messages posted)
I'm not sure if this is your problem, but take a look at this url: http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows/why-do-my-icons-have-a-background-color-in-windows-xp/#
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re: Gray shadow boxes surrounding all icons.
Sunday, October 4, 2009 at 11:00 am
Posted by Gigi Maggretti (2 messages posted)
Thanks for the tip! I'll check it out.

On Friday, October 2, 2009 at 9:08 am, _aleph_ wrote:
>I'm not sure if this is your problem, but take a look at this url:
>http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows/why-do-my-icons-have-a-background-color-in-windows-xp/#
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