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I would like to know why for some icons on my desktop (I am using Windows 7) I see a frame around the link icon for some app (even though the app to which the link points have icon without surrounding frame), and for some I do not. You can see on the picture what I mean: enter image description here

Also I would like to know how I can remove this frame if this is possible. I would greatly appreciate any hint regarding the matter.

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  • What happens if you press or while the frame is there? Does it appear only on that shortcut?
    – arielnmz
    Jul 3, 2014 at 17:51

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This is usual, and it's because the Icon with the frame around it doesn't have a 256x256 RGB layer that's used in Vista+ for icons larger than "Medium".

Here's an example...

Two icons, one with frame (right), one without (left):

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Layers in icon with frame (Orange one):

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Layers in icon without frame (Red one):

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