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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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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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"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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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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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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Ooops ...
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. should have read :- If you click (the mouse) on a blank screen area and then back onto the My Computer icon (or press the left or right arrow key), the (next) appropriate whole icon AND title actually become highlighted. of course! (Sorry) Mart BTW - No idea why my first attemp to send this shot off to create its own 'new thread' (maybe the modified subject title? - never done that before) |
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Mart
When the desktop is loaded the dotted line feint box appears on the first icon but when all the automatically started programs are fully loaded, the dotted line feint box disappears. Clicking on blank spot on the desktop, the dotted line feint box comes back on the first icon on the desktop. Arrow key- to right or to down - will fully highlight the next icon to start it with Enter key On my Win98 machine there are not very many automatically loading programs and once the boot process is completed, the dotted line feint box is always there and with arrow key the next icon is fully higlighted. WinMe used to be the same but not now. "Mart" wrote in message ... 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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Thanks AAH, so your reply, by implication seems to confirm that you regard
the dotted line feint box as the "Focussed" icon. As to why it *appears* to become 'Un-Focussed' after the automatically started programs are loaded, I have no idea - but plenty of theories, probably none of which could be proved g. And whether it's System Tray related, you may have to disable items on the Tray, one-at-a-time, to see if you can isolate the possible offender. However, at least you can console yourself that it actually *is* still "Focussed", even if the feint box is not visible - as you have actually confirmed yourself. Just curious though - and you don't have to answer. Is this causing you an operational issue or is it just a 'cosmetic' annoyance? I suppose it *might* be an iconcache issue and perhaps a Rebuild Icons operation on the Paranoia tab in TweakUI *may* fix it. Mart "AAH" wrote in message ... Mart When the desktop is loaded the dotted line feint box appears on the first icon but when all the automatically started programs are fully loaded, the dotted line feint box disappears. Clicking on blank spot on the desktop, the dotted line feint box comes back on the first icon on the desktop. Arrow key- to right or to down - will fully highlight the next icon to start it with Enter key On my Win98 machine there are not very many automatically loading programs and once the boot process is completed, the dotted line feint box is always there and with arrow key the next icon is fully higlighted. WinMe used to be the same but not now. "Mart" wrote in message ... 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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Mart
Thanks for the suggestion. It is not causing any serious problem but a bit of irritation. "Mart" wrote in message ... Thanks AAH, so your reply, by implication seems to confirm that you regard the dotted line feint box as the "Focussed" icon. As to why it *appears* to become 'Un-Focussed' after the automatically started programs are loaded, I have no idea - but plenty of theories, probably none of which could be proved g. And whether it's System Tray related, you may have to disable items on the Tray, one-at-a-time, to see if you can isolate the possible offender. However, at least you can console yourself that it actually *is* still "Focussed", even if the feint box is not visible - as you have actually confirmed yourself. Just curious though - and you don't have to answer. Is this causing you an operational issue or is it just a 'cosmetic' annoyance? I suppose it *might* be an iconcache issue and perhaps a Rebuild Icons operation on the Paranoia tab in TweakUI *may* fix it. Mart "AAH" wrote in message ... Mart When the desktop is loaded the dotted line feint box appears on the first icon but when all the automatically started programs are fully loaded, the dotted line feint box disappears. Clicking on blank spot on the desktop, the dotted line feint box comes back on the first icon on the desktop. Arrow key- to right or to down - will fully highlight the next icon to start it with Enter key On my Win98 machine there are not very many automatically loading programs and once the boot process is completed, the dotted line feint box is always there and with arrow key the next icon is fully higlighted. WinMe used to be the same but not now. "Mart" wrote in message ... 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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