Remove shortcut arrow from desktop icons and Shortcut suffix for new shortcuts
Windows XP: Download and install Tweak UI from Microsoft PowerToys for Windows XP.
Disable Shortcut Icon Arrow Overlay in Windows Vista:Download a small, free utility from Frameworkx.com that will easily let you remove the shortcut arrows without having to do any registry patches. Also remove Shortcut suffix for new shortcuts.Download Vista Shortcut Overlay Remover from frameworkx.com
Registry Patches:
Get rid of the shortcut arrows
You can get rid of the shortcut arrows in vista by using an old reg tweak that still works: Open up regedit and go to:
Close regedit and reboot - shortcut arrows are gone.*
1. Start regedit.
2. Navigate to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\lnkfile (that's a lower case L)
3. Rename 'IsShorertcut' orDelete the IsShortcut registry value in the right pane.
To remove shortcut arrow from desktop icons in any type of document:
a) Perform instructions described under 'Remove shortcut arrow from desktop icons'. For your convenience, steps 1 to 3 are reported here.
b) Perform instructions described under 'Remove shortcut arrow from desktop icons (2)'. For your convenience, steps 4 and 5 are reported here.
c) And finally, do the same with conferencelink, docshortcut, internetshortcut and wshfile.
So, here is a summary of all actions:
1. Start regedit.
2. Navigate to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\lnkfile
3. Delete the IsShortcut registry value.
4. Navigate to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\piffile
5. Delete the IsShortcut registry value.
6. Navigate to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ConferenceLink
7. Delete the IsShortcut registry value.
8. Navigate to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\DocShortCut
9. Delete the IsShortcut registry value.
10.Navigate to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\InternetShortcut
11. Delete the IsShortcut registry value.
12. Navigate to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\WSHFile
13. Delete the IsShortcut registry value.
14. Close regedit.
Reboot
Note : Please note that in some cases deactivating the arrow for *.LNK files might lead to duplicate items in the Explorer Context menu.
How to get rid of "- Shortcut" on Vista shortcuts
get Vista to not append the "- Shortcut" textThis regedit works as it did under XP [paste the following into a .reg file]
Log out then in after clicking.
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer]
"link"=hex:00,00,00,00
1. Start Registry Editor.
2. Locate the following registry key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer
3. Modify the data value of the Link value to be 00 00 00 00.
NOTE: For Windows 95, the Link value does not exist by default. Create the Link value as a Binary value, with a data value of 00 00 00 00.
4. Restart the computer.
To implement this change for all users on a computer with user profiles enabled, modify the Link value in the following registry keys:
HKEY_USERS\.Default\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer
HKEY_USERS\username\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer
To restore the "Shortcut to" prefix, delete the Link value.
How to Prevent "Shortcut to" Prefix from Being Added to New Shortcuts
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Be careful of any tweak you use for removing those shortcuts.
The standard registry tweak used in XP has some adverse
affects on Vista. Your Favorite Links in Windows Explorer
may no longer work. The Games link on the Start Menu may
no longer open up. Another tweak for removing the arrows,
FxVisor 32, has been reported by some to leave big black
square boxes where the arrows were.
Vista-Remove the arrow (Shortcut Overlay) without side effects (32 & 64-bit)View blog reactions
Most Tweak programs remove the arrows by renaming or removing the
IsShortCut String Values from the registry. Windows uses this value to track
links, if you remove or rename the IsShortCut value lots of programs and
features that use links won't work correctly -> in Vista the shortcuts in
Favorite Links, Media Center and in the Games Explorer disappear or won't work
anymore.
The files in the zip file below remove the arrows the same way
as TweakUI does in previous Windows versions; it refers the icon to another
icon. If you refer it to a completely blank icon, the overlays turn black when
you restart Explorer or Log Off and Log On again. Solution: I've created a blank
icon with some transparent pixels and with the same sizes as the default arrow
-> no more arrows & no black overlays.
Install: If you used a
program or a reg file that removed the IsShortCut values; merge RestoreArrow.reg
to restore them. Copy Blank.ico to the Windows directory from Vista, so if you
installed Vista on the D drive, copy it to D:\Windows\. Merge RemoveArrow.reg
and Log Off or Restart your Computer.
Windows Vista 64-bit users: Merge
RemoveArrow_[C].reg if you installed Vista on your C drive, Merge
RemoveArrow_[D].reg if you installed Vista on your D drive. If you installed
Vista on another drive, just edit one of the RemoveArrow_[X].reg files so that
it points to the Windows directory of Vista.
Uninstall: Merge
RestoreArrow.reg and remove Blank.ico from your Windows directory.
Log Off
or Restart your computer.
> RemoveArrow.zip (
2,87 KB VIA
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