How to remove arrow from shortcuts icons on desktop?

[ultimatehelp.spaces.live.com]

Hi, I want to remove arrow from icons. Do you have any tips for Windows XP?

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

On Tue, 25 Dec 2007 11:49:00 -0800, ultimatehelp.spaces.live.com
<ultimatehelp.spaces.live.com@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> Hi, I want to remove arrow from icons. Do you have any tips for Windows XP?



You can get rid of the arrows with a registry edit, or more easily and
more safely by using the free TweakUI, downloadable as part of
Microsoft PowerToys at
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/downloads/powertoys.asp (if you
have SP1 or SP2 installed) or
http://download.microsoft.com/download/whistler/Install/2/WXP/EN-US/TweakUiPowertoySetup.exe
(if you don't have SP1 or SP2).

However, my recommendation is that you do *not* do this. The arrows
serve an important function--providing quick visual identification of
a shortcut. If you remove the arrows, you run the substantial risk
that sooner or later you will delete something you wanted to keep,
thinking that you were just deleting a shortcut to it. I would either
leave the arrows as they are, or alternatively use the TweakUI option
of light arrows, which are somewhat less visible that the regular
ones.

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Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User
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Download & Install this: TweakUI.exe then find in Programs > Powertoys for Windows XP >
Open it and go to Explorer > Shortcut > tick None > Apply > OK.

HTH,
-Rino


"ultimatehelp.spaces.live.com" <ultimatehelp.spaces.live.com@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hi, I want to remove arrow from icons. Do you have any tips for Windows XP?
>
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[... et al.]

Ken Blake, MVP wrote:

> ultimatehelp.spaces.live.com wrote:
>
>> Hi, I want to remove arrow from icons. Do you have any tips for Windows XP?
>
>
> You can get rid of the arrows with a registry edit, or more easily and
> more safely by using the free TweakUI, downloadable as part of
> Microsoft PowerToys at
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/downloads/powertoys.asp (if you
> have SP1 or SP2 installed) or
> http://download.microsoft.com/download/whistler/Install/2/WXP/EN-US/TweakUiPowertoySetup.exe
> (if you don't have SP1 or SP2).
>
> However, my recommendation is that you do *not* do this. The arrows
> serve an important function--providing quick visual identification of
> a shortcut. If you remove the arrows, you run the substantial risk
> that sooner or later you will delete something you wanted to keep,
> thinking that you were just deleting a shortcut to it. I would either
> leave the arrows as they are, or alternatively use the TweakUI option
> of light arrows, which are somewhat less visible that the regular
> ones.

or Alternatively delete "NeverShowExt" for the "IsShortcut"
filetypes. (Backup the reg-keys before trying it out.)

I want to be able to tell what is what, so i delete
"NeverShowExt" *and* leave the original "IsShortcut" arrows.


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