Solved Problem with Desktop icons

markaz

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Vista Home Premium.
Just increased the size of the desktop icons from the default to 106 DPI. The icons previously on the desktop are fine, but when any kind of pic file is added to the desktop it has white box bordering the icon.
I went back to the default setting, no help. I've looked online and there's all kinds of tricks (switching from 32 bit to 16 bit then back to 32 bit), but no real solutions that I can find. I've checked the knowledge base here and nothing really addresses a solution.
Any help in getting rid of this white box would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
 

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Hello Mark,

Could you post a screenshot of this to help make sure of what it may be? :)

Thank you,
Shawn
 
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"You must spread some Reputation before...."

Brink - Can't thank you enough. Never knew about this. In the years of using Vista this has never presented itself until now. It must have something ti do with increasing the font size that 'triggered' the border to display. Not necessary to answer, but I am now curious as to why the border would not go away after I changed the setting back to its default 96 DPI. Probably lies within the registry.
Anyway, thanks again for you help and providing the answer so quickly.

Mark
 
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    AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5000+
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    Pegatron Acacia
    Memory
    3GB Micron Technology (PC2-6400)
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVIDEA GeForce 8400GS
    Sound Card
    Realtek High Def Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Compaq WF1907
    Screen Resolution
    1360x768
    Hard Drives
    Western Digital 320GB
    Case
    Slimline
    Cooling
    A little fan
    Keyboard
    eMachines Enhanced Multimedia
    Mouse
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You're most welcome Mark. I would guess that it must have been triggered by changing the DPI as well.
 

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    Motherboard
    ASUS ROG Maximus XI Formula Z390
    Memory
    64 GB (4x16GB) G.SKILL TridentZ RGB DDR4 3600 MHz (F4-3600C18D-32GTZR)
    Graphics Card(s)
    ASUS ROG-STRIX-GTX1080TI-O11G-GAMING
    Sound Card
    Integrated Digital Audio (S/PDIF)
    Monitor(s) Displays
    2 x Samsung Odyssey G7 27"
    Screen Resolution
    2560x1440
    Hard Drives
    1TB Samsung 990 PRO M.2,
    4TB Samsung 990 PRO PRO M.2,
    8TB WD MyCloudEX2Ultra NAS
    PSU
    Seasonic Prime Titanium 850W
    Case
    Thermaltake Core P3
    Cooling
    Corsair Hydro H115i
    Keyboard
    Logitech wireless K800
    Mouse
    Logitech MX Master 3
    Internet Speed
    1 Gb/s Download and 35 Mb/s Upload
    Other Info
    Logitech Z625 speaker system,
    Logitech BRIO 4K Pro webcam,
    HP Color LaserJet Pro MFP M477fdn,
    APC SMART-UPS RT 1000 XL - SURT1000XLI,
    Galaxy S23 Plus phone
  • Operating System
    Windows 10 Pro
    Manufacturer/Model
    HP Envy Y0F94AV
    CPU
    i7-7500U @ 2.70 GHz
    Memory
    16 GB DDR4-2133
    Graphics card(s)
    NVIDIA GeForce 940MX
    Sound Card
    Conexant ISST Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    17.3" UHD IPS touch
    Screen Resolution
    3480 x 2160
    Hard Drives
    512 GB M.2 SSD
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