Windows 10: Dekstop icon highlights stuck after using arrow keys to select them. [W11]

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  1. TAMáSBALLA
    TamásBalla Win User

    Dekstop icon highlights stuck after using arrow keys to select them. [W11]


    Whenever I use my arrow keys to select a text or an icon. After I click elsewhere a different kind of a selection grid get stuck on the last selected icon on the desktop. It's not that ordinary blue selection but more like a grid square line around the icon.This only happens whenever I press the arrow keys on the desktop. Is there any way to disable it? It seems like the selection is purposely stuck and not a bug.Also it's a freshly installed OS, just got my laptop back from the repair.Picture to show:

    :)
     
    TamásBalla, Aug 18, 2023
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  2. BENANDREA102607
    benandrea102607 Win User

    Shift + arrow keys not highlighting

    I used to be able to use my shift + arrow keys to highlight items (pictures, cells in Excel, etc) as I am working. Now I can use shift + mouse click to highlight sequential items, but I cannot use my arrow keys. My computer recently updated. I have
    searched the internet for solutions, but all are outdated. I do not have scroll lock on. I do not have sticky keys on. I do not have filter keys on. Any other suggestions? This is most frustrating.
     
    benandrea102607, Aug 18, 2023
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  3. PAULWILLGILL
    Paulwillgill Win User
    Arrow keys started highlighting text

    Seems that accidentally I have hit some key which has caused arrow keys and 'end' key to highlight ( select ) text. Never had this previously.

    Any ideas please?
     
    Paulwillgill, Aug 18, 2023
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  4. SPOOLIN01
    spoolin01 Win User

    Dekstop icon highlights stuck after using arrow keys to select them. [W11]

    Deleting files in Win Explorer - lose highlight after each deletion?

    Is there a way to delete a highlighted file in Windows Explorer, and have the next file be highlighted, rather than outlined?

    When reviewing files for deletion, it would be nice if you could step through a directory, file by file, to delete files or not, one by one, using the Preview Pane to review each file.

    As it currently works for me, you can step up and down the file list using the up/down arrows, and each file becomes highlighted, but as soon as one is deleted, the following file becomes outlined, not highlighted, and it takes a click to highlight the file, or a up/down arrow, but that skips the outlined file in the process.

    You can select multiple highlighted files by holding down the Shift key while using the up/down arrows, but that's not quite the intended process.

    Can this be changed to have the next file be highlighted, following deletion of a highlighted file?
     
    spoolin01, Aug 18, 2023
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