Desk-Top Icon "Tails"

[Red Brown]

How do I get rid of the "Arrow Tails" on my desk-top icons. They
really ruin the appearance of my set-up.

Thanks in advance for any assistance!

 

[Ayush]

Replied to [Red Brown]s message :
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How do I get rid of the "Arrow Tails" on my desk-top icons. They
really ruin the appearance of my set-up.

Thanks in advance for any assistance!

- TweakUI *
- Explorer > Shortcuts
- None (Right side)


*http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

How do I get rid of the "Arrow Tails" on my desk-top icons. They
really ruin the appearance of my set-up.

You can get rid of the arrows with a registry edit, or more easily and more
safely by using the free TweakUI, downloadable as part of Microsoft
PowerToys at http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/downloads/powertoys.asp
(if you have SP1 or SP2 installed) or
http://download.microsoft.com/download/whistler/Install/2/WXP/EN-US/TweakUiPowertoySetup.exe
(if you don't have SP1 or SP2).

However, my recommendation is that you do *not* do this. The arrows serve an
important function--providing quick visual identification of a shortcut. If
you remove the arrows, you run the substantial risk that sooner or later you
will delete something you wanted to keep, thinking that you were just
deleting a shortcut to it. I would either leave the arrows as they are, or
alternatively use the TweakUI option of light arrows, which are somewhat
less visible that the regular ones.

 

[smiley]

Hi Red Brown,

I thought you just meant those "pointer tails" that you can set in Control
Panel, Mouse Properties, Pointer Options. Just unclick Display Pointer
Trails.