Windows Vista Shortcut Overlay Remover 1.0

Windows Vista Shortcut Overlay Remover 1.0

Steven Parker on 20 November 2006 - 14:53 · 24 comments & 12739 views

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Windows Vista Shortcut Overlay Remover, aka FxVisor, allows you to either remove or enable the explorer shortcut overlay arrow that is added to all shortcuts. Currently there is no native way to remove the shortcut overlay arrow or to even customize it in Windows Vista, so we have written the Vista Shortcut Overlay Remover utility to enable you to do just that.

Download: Windows Vista Shortcut Overlay Remover 1.0 | 96.6 KB

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#1 MeWhOeLsE on 20 Nov 2006 - 15:37

Cool, would be good if you could tell it just to make them a bit smaller!

#2 xxdesmus on 20 Nov 2006 - 17:37

works like a charm (removing the arrow). thanks

(1 reply) #3 ahhell on 20 Nov 2006 - 18:57

Smaller desktop icons

Left click on icon; hold CTRL then use scroll wheel to change icon size.

#3.1 angrykeyboarder on 13 Dec 2006 - 22:05

Quote - ahhell said @ #3

Smaller desktop icons

Left click on icon; hold CTRL then use scroll wheel to change icon size.

I don't want a smaller icon. I want a smaller arrow. Right now in XP you can do that with a registry hack or via utilities like TweakUI.

#4 Tantawi on 20 Nov 2006 - 19:03

Cool

#5 Rogue` on 20 Nov 2006 - 19:30

Thnx

(1 reply) #6 sjobbe on 20 Nov 2006 - 21:05

TewakUI does this in XP. Maybe there will be/is a teweakui for vista also

#6.1 Moe on 21 Nov 2006 - 22:09

http://www.tweakvi.com

(1 reply) #7 IntelliMoo on 20 Nov 2006 - 22:19

How about a remover for the damn DWM thing so things like tv apps that require overlay can work again. ha (And yes, just using Classic mode or whatever doesn't help, hardware overlay is still not available!

Last edited by IntelliMoo on 20 Nov 2006 - 22:27

#7.1 alanp on 21 Nov 2006 - 05:10

Right click on that app, go to properties, then go to the compatibility tab, tick "disable desktop composition"

#8 nonick on 21 Nov 2006 - 09:22

why remover? why not making them smaller just like windows xp tweak? I'd still like to know if it's a shortcut or not...

#9 [X]-bYtE on 21 Nov 2006 - 10:18

Thank God!

*downloads*

#10 Havin_it on 21 Nov 2006 - 12:28

I think we have here the niche product of all time!

...

Then again, quite a lot of appreciative posts

#11 nshahzad on 21 Nov 2006 - 18:06

its j ust a registry tweak, find it on tweakxp.com ors omething like that, thats what id id

#12 [X]-bYtE on 22 Nov 2006 - 06:52

I tried it and the games shortcuts doesn't work. When I set it back to default they work again. So what other stuff does it disable?

(3 replies) #13 klw on 22 Nov 2006 - 09:15

Y do v need dis? If u hv any tweak software u can do it Tweak Xp, Winner Tweak, Tuneup utilities 2006 and so on...
And i think even when u installed Autopatcher new updates it comes with the new Theme(Royale)

#13.1 +Ryster092 on 22 Nov 2006 - 22:19

Autopatcher and Royale for Windows Vista? I don't think so.

#13.2 HawkMan on 23 Nov 2006 - 15:18

OH FFS PLEASe use proper words when you post stuff on the internet, it makes people understand you, and you don't look like an idiot. there's a reason the english written language isn't made up of single letter words.

#13.3 MrCobra on 25 Nov 2006 - 03:47

Quote - HawkMan said @ #13.2

So I take it that it's now made up of 3 letter abbreviations like FFS?

#14 Meacham on 22 Nov 2006 - 19:38

What can I say... Just awesome.

#15 Jasur on 25 Nov 2006 - 14:14

Nice

Mind you, there is a way to remove it, just like XP

1. Start regedit.
2. Navigate to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTlnkfile
3. Delete the IsShortcut registry value.
4. Navigate to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTpiffile
5. Delete the IsShortcut registry value.

And it did work fine.

Also, most of my XP tweaks worked in Vista, menu delay, no shared docs, unload dlls, hung app timeout, IE max connection to 20.

Going to try and play with some more.

#16 Draje on 25 Nov 2006 - 19:37

Thanks, I've been looking for something like this.

(1 reply) #17 Elementfire0666 on 01 Dec 2006 - 19:29

First thought "Who cares?!" 0_0. Are the arrows really that much of a pain? Come on people.

#17.1 angrykeyboarder on 13 Dec 2006 - 22:08

Quote - Elementfire0666 said @ #17

First thought "Who cares?!" 0_0. Are the arrows really that much of a pain? Come on people.

Come to think of it. No. I actually like the default arrow much better than the default in 95-XP. The transparency seems to make it look better.

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