Getting rid of "- Shortcut"?

Is there a way I've overlooked where newly created shortcuts don't have
-Shortcut appended to their names?
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Michael Cecil
http://home.comcast.net/~macecil/
http://home.comcast.net/~safehex/

I'm not on Vista where I'm at, but somewhere within the display options
there's something called 'personalize'. Next, look for 'display desktop
icons'. Then, check which ones you want displayed (there are several - i.e.
IE, Network, Computer, Documents, etc.). That's what I did to avoid using
shortcuts. Hope this helps.

"Michael Cecil" wrote:

> Is there a way I've overlooked where newly created shortcuts don't have
> -Shortcut appended to their names?
> --
> Michael Cecil
> http://home.comcast.net/~macecil/
> http://home.comcast.net/~safehex/
>

On Fri, 15 Sep 2006 07:07:01 -0700, jim_from_il
<jimfromil@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>I'm not on Vista where I'm at, but somewhere within the display options
>there's something called 'personalize'. Next, look for 'display desktop
>icons'. Then, check which ones you want displayed (there are several - i.e.
>IE, Network, Computer, Documents, etc.). That's what I did to avoid using
>shortcuts. Hope this helps.

I don't want to avoid using shortcuts, I want to prevent them from being
named "some program - Shortcut" when you right click on a file and drag it
to the desktop. In earlier versions of Windows, you'd get shortcuts named
as "Shortcut to some program" but you could disable that with a regedit or
TweakUI or even by just editing the name several times in a row
(supposedly although I never got that to work.)
--
Michael Cecil
http://home.comcast.net/~macecil/
http://home.comcast.net/~safehex/

Hy
You can do it with the same way as under XP. By editing Registery.

Start regedit
Navigate to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT/lnkfile
Delete the IsShortcut registry value.

But you have to know that this tweak will "disable" the favorites Links into
Explorer. This one will stay empty even the folder "Favorite Links" contains
shortcut. It appears that "Favorite Links" use the value "IsShortCut" to
know if it have tu display or not the things...

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"Michael Cecil" <macecil@gmail.com> a écrit dans le message de news:
etidnYx6BtgDKpfYnZ2dnUVZ_vudnZ2d@comcast.com...
> On Fri, 15 Sep 2006 07:07:01 -0700, jim_from_il
> <jimfromil@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
>>I'm not on Vista where I'm at, but somewhere within the display options
>>there's something called 'personalize'. Next, look for 'display desktop
>>icons'. Then, check which ones you want displayed (there are several -
>>i.e.
>>IE, Network, Computer, Documents, etc.). That's what I did to avoid using
>>shortcuts. Hope this helps.
>
> I don't want to avoid using shortcuts, I want to prevent them from being
> named "some program - Shortcut" when you right click on a file and drag it
> to the desktop. In earlier versions of Windows, you'd get shortcuts named
> as "Shortcut to some program" but you could disable that with a regedit or
> TweakUI or even by just editing the name several times in a row
> (supposedly although I never got that to work.)
> --
> Michael Cecil
> http://home.comcast.net/~macecil/
> http://home.comcast.net/~safehex/

"Le_Poilu" <Le_Poilu@whykywa.com> wrote in message
news:OH04pSN2GHA.1292@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> Hy
> You can do it with the same way as under XP. By editing Registery.
>
> Start regedit
> Navigate to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT/lnkfile
> Delete the IsShortcut registry value.


> But you have to know that this tweak will "disable" the favorites Links into Explorer. This
> one will stay empty even the folder "Favorite Links" contains shortcut. It appears that
> "Favorite Links" use the value "IsShortCut" to know if it have tu display or not the
> things...

Thank you! It has been bugging me why my Favorite Links
did not have any favorites. You are the first person I have
seen post about this. Thank you! Makes sense now.

Take care,

Michael

I just rename them..only takes 2 seconds

"Michael Cecil" wrote:

> Is there a way I've overlooked where newly created shortcuts don't have
> -Shortcut appended to their names?
> --
> Michael Cecil
> http://home.comcast.net/~macecil/
> http://home.comcast.net/~safehex/
>

On Fri, 15 Sep 2006 16:40:04 +0200, "Le_Poilu" <Le_Poilu@whykywa.com>
wrote:

>Hy
>You can do it with the same way as under XP. By editing Registery.
>
>Start regedit
>Navigate to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT/lnkfile
>Delete the IsShortcut registry value.

Doesn't that just delete the arrow graphic on shortcuts?
--
Michael Cecil
http://home.comcast.net/~macecil/
http://home.comcast.net/~safehex/

On Fri, 15 Sep 2006 09:08:02 -0700, Bones
<Bones@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>I just rename them..only takes 2 seconds

Sure, but if it was annoying to so many people that they wrote part of
TweakUI to fix it before you'd think there would be a way to disable that
behavior now.
--
Michael Cecil
http://home.comcast.net/~macecil/
http://home.comcast.net/~safehex/

Oups you right! I make a mistake.

By the way for your question the answer is the same as under XP too.

Edit this Registry Key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Link
To : 00 00 00 00
After restarting Explorer process the mention "-shortcut" will desappear.


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"Michael Cecil" <macecil@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 15 Sep 2006 16:40:04 +0200, "Le_Poilu" <Le_Poilu@whykywa.com>
> wrote:
>
>>Hy
>>You can do it with the same way as under XP. By editing Registery.
>>
>>Start regedit
>>Navigate to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT/lnkfile
>>Delete the IsShortcut registry value.
>
> Doesn't that just delete the arrow graphic on shortcuts?
> --
> Michael Cecil
> http://home.comcast.net/~macecil/
> http://home.comcast.net/~safehex/

On Sun, 17 Sep 2006 23:53:07 +0200, "Le_Poilu"
<Le_Poilu-nospam@whykywa.com> wrote:

>Oups you right! I make a mistake.
>
>By the way for your question the answer is the same as under XP too.
>
>Edit this Registry Key:
>HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Link
>To : 00 00 00 00
>After restarting Explorer process the mention "-shortcut" will desappear.

Thanks, that's just what I was looking for.