Windows 10: Windows 11 icon highlight is stuck after using arrows to select them.

After playing around with the arrows on the desktop, selecting a few icons and jumping around them with the arrows and then clicking elsewhere the blue selection will disappear but some kind of a grayish grid still gets left there.Refreshing the desktop does not work at all. It also seems to fix itself randomly after restart.Sometimes it's stuck entirely, sometimes it doesn't appear at all and sometimes it disappears after clicking elsewhere, varies with restart.Here is the selection for showcase.

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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.

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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?

 

Blue Arrows on folder and file icons

Hi,

Thank you for posting your query on Microsoft Community. Let me assist you.

Provide us with the below details for better clarity on the issue.

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  Are all the icons showing the arrow or some of them?
  
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  Did you try using a different user account?
  
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  How exactly did you remove compression?
  

I suggest you to update the display drivers on your computer and check if it helps. Refer the below steps to update the driver.

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  Press “Windows + X” and select Device manger.
  
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  Select Display Adapter and expand the driver icon.
  
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  Right click on the driver icon and click on
  Update.
  
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  Follow the onscreen instructions to update the driver.
  
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  Restart the computer and check if the issue is resolved.
  

For further assistance, I request you to send us the screen shot of the icons for s to understand the issue better.

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