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How to Remove the Annoying Focus Rectangle in Windows?





In Windows, whenever we select any item, an annoying focus rectangle is shown around it. The rectangle is also shown on buttons, etc in dialog boxes which doesnt look good and many ppl want to get rid of it.

Thanks to "localhost" who made a small program to remove the annoying focus rectangle which works in every version of Windows.

Just follow these steps:

1. Download the .ZIP file from here. Extract it and you'll get a DLL file "RemoveFocusRect.dll".

2. Put the DLL file in "%windir%\System32" folder.

3. Type "regsvr32 RemoveFocusRect.dll" in RUN dialog box and press .

4. That's it. Log off/restart the system to take affect and next time you'll not see the focus rectangle.

NOTE: Windows Vista and 7 users should follow these steps with Admin privileges.



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  1. good find :idea:

  2. wow.. :shock:

    never heard b4

  3. The module "RemoveFocusRect.dll" was loader but the call to DLLRegisterServer failed with error code 0x80004005.

    I'm using Vista Business 32-bit why is this happening? I have already copied the .dll file to windows/system32

  4. I tried "run as administrator" in command prompt and it worked! Thanks for the post

  5. wow this day gets better and better... this is REALLY needed!

    woohoo!

  6. What about Vista x64? This workaround is incompatible.

  7. Doesn't work with 64-bit versions of XP, Vista and Windows 7 :(

  8. Is there a way to get rid of those annoying dotted rectangles in Windows 7?

  9. ^^ Afaik Windows 7 doesnt contain it. I never noticed it in Windows 7.

  10. hey VG,

    i just wanna say that they are still there in some way in 7. but they have modifyed it so its now a line around the elements and not dotted line. but it acts the same stupid way :/

    -Cytox


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