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Focus On Desktop - My Computer
WinMe boots ok and Desktop loads ok but
there is no "Focus" on My Computer or on any other Icon on the Desktop. To get the "Focus" on My Computer icon I have to click anywhere on the desktop Computer icon. Is it something to do with the System Tray items? |
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Focus On Desktop - My Computer
Just a WAG - have you installed TweakUI recently? Are you sure the "Focus"
hasn't moved to My Documents? Following warnings/notes reproduced with acknowledgement to the late Koldbear 1) Do *not* change the first icon from "My Documents" on the Desktop tab 2) Do *not* uncheck: Search Results on the Desktop tab 3) Do *not* hide the Tweak UI icon on the Control Panel tab 4) Do *not* uncheck: Show Control Panel on Start Menu on the IE tab 5) Do *not* uncheck: Shell enhancements on the IE tab 6) To move "My Documents" folder, right-click on the Folder, and click Properties. HTH Mart "AAH" wrote in message ... WinMe boots ok and Desktop loads ok but there is no "Focus" on My Computer or on any other Icon on the Desktop. To get the "Focus" on My Computer icon I have to click anywhere on the desktop Computer icon. Is it something to do with the System Tray items? |
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Focus On Desktop - My Computer
"Mart" wrote in message ... Just a WAG - have you installed TweakUI recently? Are you sure the "Focus" hasn't moved to My Documents? Not recently. It was long time ago Following warnings/notes reproduced with acknowledgement to the late Koldbear 1) Do *not* change the first icon from "My Documents" on the Desktop tab NO. 2) Do *not* uncheck: Search Results on the Desktop tab Not Unchecked 3) Do *not* hide the Tweak UI icon on the Control Panel tab Not Hidden 4) Do *not* uncheck: Show Control Panel on Start Menu on the IE tab It is checked 5) Do *not* uncheck: Shell enhancements on the IE tab It is checked 6) To move "My Documents" folder, right-click on the Folder, and click Properties. Folder is at C:\My Documents "First icon on desktop" was changed to My Computer. I have now changed it to My Documents. Still does not seem to work? HTH Mart "AAH" wrote in message ... WinMe boots ok and Desktop loads ok but there is no "Focus" on My Computer or on any other Icon on the Desktop. To get the "Focus" on My Computer icon I have to click anywhere on the desktop Computer icon. Is it something to do with the System Tray items? |
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Focus On Desktop - My Computer
What happens when you press the right arrow key ONCE?
i.e. What icon did the new 'Focus' move FROM? (You can confirm this by pressing the left arrow key ONCE) Must admit, I'm out of further ideas or suggestion. Mart "AAH" wrote in message ... snipped "First icon on desktop" was changed to My Computer. I have now changed it to My Documents. Still does not seem to work? "AAH" wrote in message ... WinMe boots ok and Desktop loads ok but there is no "Focus" on My Computer or on any other Icon on the Desktop. To get the "Focus" on My Computer icon I have to click anywhere on the desktop Computer icon. Is it something to do with the System Tray items? |
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Focus On Desktop - My Computer
No answer to your question and I am running XP....just wanted to let you
know that my machine works the same way. Initially, after boot, nothing is highlighted (in focus?) on the Desktop. If I use one of the icons, it will remain highlighted until another is used, an arrow key is pushed or I left click on a vacant area of the Desktop. I always thought this was normal.....maybe I have something wrong, also? Heirloom, old and okay by me "Mart" wrote in message ... What happens when you press the right arrow key ONCE? i.e. What icon did the new 'Focus' move FROM? (You can confirm this by pressing the left arrow key ONCE) Must admit, I'm out of further ideas or suggestion. Mart "AAH" wrote in message ... snipped "First icon on desktop" was changed to My Computer. I have now changed it to My Documents. Still does not seem to work? "AAH" wrote in message ... WinMe boots ok and Desktop loads ok but there is no "Focus" on My Computer or on any other Icon on the Desktop. To get the "Focus" on My Computer icon I have to click anywhere on the desktop Computer icon. Is it something to do with the System Tray items? |
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Hi HL, yes, those were my first observations and so I couldn't follow quite
what AHH was meaning (a little light on detail). However, on closer inspection of the 'First Icon' (as defined and designated in TweakUI), look for the title of the icon and (depending on the colour scheme - possibly?) you should see a feint box around the title - whereas no other icons are marked in this manner. If you click (the mouse) on a blank screen area (or press the left or right arrow key), the (next) appropriate whole icon AND title actually become highlighted. And this is where AHH doesn't explain his problem - Although the 'First Icon' title has the feint box around it (which I had assumed to be (his?) definition of 'Focus') pressing the Return key doesn't actually start the (associated) application. It is not until the icon AND title are 'properly' highlighted (by clicking the mouse or pressing an arrow key) - as you also have found - will the icon 'start'. So I suppose the issue is really - what does AHH define as 'Focus'? i.e. is it the feint box around the icon's title, or the icon AND title highlighted proper? Therefore I would agree with you HL :- I always thought this was normal..... maybe I have something wrong, also? Maybe his (your?) colour scheme doesn't show the feint box? If, on the other hand AHH expected My Computer to be activated by simply pressing the Return key or the My Computer icon AND title to be highlighted on the opening screen - thus allowing a press of the Return key to activate My Computer - then my opinion is that it shouldn't. - Well it certainly doesn't here! Mart "Heirloom" wrote in message ... No answer to your question and I am running XP....just wanted to let you know that my machine works the same way. Initially, after boot, nothing is highlighted (in focus?) on the Desktop. If I use one of the icons, it will remain highlighted until another is used, an arrow key is pushed or I left click on a vacant area of the Desktop. I always thought this was normal.....maybe I have something wrong, also? Heirloom, old and okay by me "Mart" wrote in message ... What happens when you press the right arrow key ONCE? i.e. What icon did the new 'Focus' move FROM? (You can confirm this by pressing the left arrow key ONCE) Must admit, I'm out of further ideas or suggestion. Mart "AAH" wrote in message ... snipped "First icon on desktop" was changed to My Computer. I have now changed it to My Documents. Still does not seem to work? "AAH" wrote in message ... WinMe boots ok and Desktop loads ok but there is no "Focus" on My Computer or on any other Icon on the Desktop. To get the "Focus" on My Computer icon I have to click anywhere on the desktop Computer icon. Is it something to do with the System Tray items? |
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