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Post #1
Jan 23 2007, 14:51
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Neowinian Elite
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 Since Windows 3.11 or even earlier, we had this ugly focus rectangle shown in almost every window, and most annoyingly, on items that are selected and have different signs to tell us they are in focus. So I've made a little program to remove this thing. It should work on every 32-bit version of Windows. A 64-bit version might come later, but I'm not sure. Installation: 1. Put RemoveFocusRect in your system32 directory. 2. Click Start and select Run. 3. Type "regsvr32 RemoveFocusRect.dll" (without the quotes) and press OK. 4. Next time a program is started, it won't have focus rectangles. Note: In Windows Vista, all those steps should be done with administrative privileges. Click here to download. Enjoy 
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Post #2
Jan 23 2007, 17:55
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Junkie
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Nice job
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Post #3
Jan 23 2007, 18:21
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Neowinian
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RegSvr32
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DllRegisterServer in RemoveFocusRect.dll failed.
Return code was: 0x80004005
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OK
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Post #4
Jan 23 2007, 20:16
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Neowinian Elite
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I've updated the download to fix the installation failures, and added some better error reporting. Now it will specify a meaningful error code (for me, at least) if the installation fails, and not just 0x8004005.
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Post #5
Jan 24 2007, 00:51
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Neowinian
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I tested it and it works, BTW I'm running Vista.
I was waiting for something like this for years...
Dude, you're the best!
Thanks a lot...
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Post #6
Jan 24 2007, 01:35
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Konichiwa !
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Thanks !
(what excactly the dll do, in simple words?)
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Post #7
Jan 24 2007, 09:50
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Nice it works! 
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Post #8
Jan 24 2007, 10:45
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The ProGMaN
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working on an italian copy of Windows XP Pro. Thanks a lot, loc[a]lhost!
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Post #9
Jan 24 2007, 14:10
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The rectangle tells you where the focus us. What does it replace it with?
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Post #10
Jan 24 2007, 14:17
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Quote - (Angel Blue01 @ Jan 24 2007, 09:10) [snapback]588255642[/snapback] The rectangle tells you where the focus us. What does it replace it with? What he said. (except the is/us typo  )
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Post #11
Jan 24 2007, 15:02
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Neowinian Elite
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It's replaced with nothing. Tht's why it's called Remover
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Post #12
Jan 29 2007, 12:02
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The Ankle Breaker
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Nice one, I'll give this a try!
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Post #13
Apr 27 2007, 06:51
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Neowinian³
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Was searching for the reshack that I used last time to do this, but found this.
wh007.
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Post #14
Apr 28 2007, 01:18
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Neowinian Senior
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anyone know how to remove the ring from firefox?? I don't mean on the webpages, on the actually Firefox menus and such..
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Post #15
May 3 2007, 11:27
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I'm a crazy guy
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Interesting. It works for everything except Firefox. But, I don't care, every other dotted line is removed. Thank you SO much!
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