Step 1:
Open Notepad. Copy and paste the following:

REGEDIT4

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\lnkfile]
@="Shortcut"
"IsShortcut"=""


Step 2:
Go to file, save as. Click on all files, and call it shortcut.reg

Step 3:
Exit Notepad, and double click the file. It will say a new entry is about to be entered into the registry. Click OK.

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Your Half Way there! Easy, Right?

NOTE:
This is the EXACT same procedure, step one is modified slightly! Take note!

-------------- Step 1:
Open Notepad. Copy and paste the following:

REGEDIT4

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\piffile]
@="Shortcut to MS-DOS Program"

"IsShortcut"=""


Step 2:
Go to file, save as. Click on all files, and call it shortcut2.reg

Step 3:
Exit Notepad, and double click the file. It will say a new entry is about to be entered into the registry. Click OK.

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And that's it!

;Remove Shortcut Arrows
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\lnkfile]
"IsShortcut"=-

this is what i heard of

Or you could just install TweakUi, Its alot simpler.

Some people would rather do it theirselves rather than use a program.

You can also do this via reshacker.

Cool Thanks for that

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloa...ppowertoys.mspx

TweakUI... One click and BAM no more arrows.

I always opened regedit and did a search for "IsShortcut" and deleted any that was found.

i cant even get tweakUi to work

Did exact thing and I find myself not being able to start anything "Explorer"
weather if it's my Local Disks, or Internet Explorer.

I click on it then my taskbar disappears for a while and then it comes back but my Internet Explorer or My Documents still have not opened

Anything to fix my problem, it just happened after I did this 'tweak'. Any thoughts of reversing the effect?

I have tried System Restore but it did not work. So I wonder if it's the 'tweak' that screws it up. Thank GOD for FireFox.

P.S. I have been having trouble with my explorer closing on me while I am using it (My Documents, Local Disk) but it has never occured to me that anything related to explorer does not open.

Do I have a virus? h4ck3r? bug? in my system, if so, how do I remove it.

P4, 512MB ram, Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2, using Microsoft Royale Theme (no patches)

Thank You,
WinXPro

BUMP

I went into my registry i found

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\piffile

but not

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\lnkfile


Desperate, please

OMG, I can't even open Control Panel

WTF is wrong

Wow, I ran Ad-Aware and Spybot S&D

and everything went back to normal
I don't know what happened, I don't even understand these 2 softwares and what they do or how they work. All I know is that it fixes things. Scan>Delete

Sorry for the madness

I got Tweak UI now

GO TWEAK UI!!!

doh, that's where my arrows went...

wait a minute, that don't work for SP2...

a lot of icon changing programs do it as well.

tried the notepad thing, it doesn't appear to work....

shouldn't this be in windows tips and tricks instead of essential guides?

It's not very complete either

Here's part of my tweaks.reg i use when i format:



Should anyone want the entire thing, I've attached it :

it's posible to remove the arrow of only ONE shortcut ?

or simply use tweakui

why chance on messing up your registry, why not just use TweakUI its made by MS

god forbid someone try something different and do it the manual way. some people like a challenge, *gasp*.