At your desktop all the icons have small box close to each one of them when clicked or hovered around. It is like a superscript in relation to your icons size. Single click on any of them tends to highlight it, double-click on it often get it checked and this make your desktop experience a little tedious unlike your previous one when there was nothing like that on your desktop.
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If you have difficulty with your icons while trying to make use of any of them, each time you hover or move around any of them a little box appears to the left-hand side top corner of the icon and clicking on it checks the box this instruction is meant for you.
To remove them you will have to follow this step-by-step instruction below.
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STEP 1: Move your cursor to the extreme right-hand corner of your screen and click on 'Settings'.
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STEP 2: At 'Settings' click 'Control Panel' to continue.
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STEP 3: Next click 'Appearance and Personalization' to move to the other step.
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STEP 4: Locate 'Folder Options' and click on it to continue.
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STEP 5: At the 'Folder Options' dialog click on 'View' tab.
Image showing red arrow pointing to cleared box close 'Use check boxes to select items'
STEP 6: Scroll down a bit to locate 'Use check boxes to select items' and clear the box besides it.
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STEP 7: Finally, click 'Apply' and next click 'OK' to close the 'Folder and Options' dialog.