# Desktop Icons

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/desktop-icons/281337>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 23, 2004, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/desktop-icons/281337 "2004-12-23T15:58:38Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![feppytweed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/feppytweed/32/4280_2.png) [@feppytweed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/feppytweed)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2004, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/desktop-icons/281337/1 "2004-12-23T15:58:38Z")

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on my dell inspiron 1000 with windows xp, my desktop icon tites ar permanently highltd. how can i un-highlight them?

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**Author:** ![flight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bbce88/32.png) [@flight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flight)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2004, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/desktop-icons/281337/2 "2004-12-23T16:14:23Z")

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Dammit, I have done this with 2000, but I having a damn hard time finding it in XP.