Deskop Selection using Keyboard - Windows XP

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With operating systems prior to Windows XP family (such as Windows 2000 family), selecting a range of icons on the Desktop could be done by holding the [shift] key and using the arrows to select the desired area of icons.

With Windows XP, the behavior for the desktop changed. When [shift] + Arrows are used to select icons, icons outside of the range of icons traversed, are selected.

How can the classic Desktop selection behavior by made to occur for the Windows XP Desktop?