WinXP Tip: Removing Shortcut Arrows

[emo]

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!

[Slimy]

;Remove Shortcut Arrows

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\lnkfile]

"IsShortcut"=-

this is what i heard of

[Revenant]

Or you could just install TweakUi, Its alot simpler.

[Advance]

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

You can also do this via reshacker.

[Mx]

Cool :) Thanks for that

[j.r.l.]

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

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

[Burned]

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

[RightyFX]

i cant even get tweakUi to work :|

[Porsche Design]

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.

--------------

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.

--------------

And that's it!

584995182[/snapback]

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

[Porsche Design]

BUMP :whistle:

I went into my registry i found

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\piffile

but not

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\lnkfile

Desperate, please :unsure:

OMG, I can't even open Control Panel

WTF is wrong ;)

[Porsche Design]

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 :D

GO TWEAK UI!!!

[Samoa]

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

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

584998477[/snapback]

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

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

Edited November 28, 2004 by Samoa

[acoustikrage]

a lot of icon changing programs do it as well.

[Samoa]

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

[Slimy]

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

[todd]

It's not very complete either :/

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

;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;

; Remove shortcut overlays

;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\lnkfile]

"IsShortcut"=-

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\piffile]

"IsShortcut"=-

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ConferenceLink]

"IsShortcut"=-

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\DocShortcut]

"IsShortcut"=-

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\InternetShortcut]

"IsShortcut"=-

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\WSHFile]

"IsShortcut"=-

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

[elhereje]

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

[insanekiwi]

or simply use tweakui :sleep:

[vincent]

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

[mojomonkee]

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