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Old September 8, 2009, 07:20 PM
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I have a question, why do the desktop icons "fade"? I am using Win7 but I noticed this with XP also. The icons are noticeably duller than normal and duller than most of the others. This happened the other day for no reason, as in I was not changing anything around. I tried googling but no luck so far.

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Old September 8, 2009, 08:01 PM
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Old September 8, 2009, 09:03 PM
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Old September 8, 2009, 10:18 PM
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Check in the file properties if they are set to "Hidden" or not
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looks either hidden or some odd transparency.
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Old September 8, 2009, 11:20 PM
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Perhaps you are getting bored with those icons? j/k

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If you check the icon properties general - hidden may be checked. Try Unchecking Hidden.
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Old September 9, 2009, 07:09 AM
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Hidden they were, thanks folks! Not sure how they got that way, I did not hide them......
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