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Remove That Unsightly Focus Rectangle in Windows XP or Vista

After a number of readers have written in about how to remove the dotted black outline that sometimes appears when you make a file selection, I realized that I needed to write this up for everybody's benefit, since there actually is a solution.

August 12, 2008 · 1 min · 51 words · Russell Jones

Note that this picture is from the original author over at Neowin.

If so, confirm to delete the file that you copied.

regsvr32 /u RemoveFocusRect.dll

You should get a message saying that it has been successfully removed.

Remove That Unsightly Focus Rectangle in Windows XP or Vista

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