Desktop Icon Arrows (XP)

[AL RAeside]

How do I get rid of those arrows on the desktop icons?

 

[Mike Brearley]

TweakUI

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/downloads/powertoys.asp

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Posted 'as is'. If there are any spelling and/or grammar mistakes, they
were a direct result of my fingers and brain not being synchronized or my
lack of caffeine.

Mike Brearley (mike_brearley at hotmail dot com)

 

[Jared Henderson [MSFT]]

It sounds like you want to remove the arrow from all shortcuts. You can do
this by installing the WindowsXP TweakUI powertoy from
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/downloads/powertoys.asp

1. Click on the TweakUI.exe link in the Download section
2. Download and install TweakUI
3. Run TweakUI
4. Expand the "Explorer" node in the TweakUI tree view
5. Select "Shortcut"
6. Select "None" in the "Shortcut Overlay" section and hit Apply


or you can try this, which I have not tried
http://www.winxpcentral.com/windowsxp/xptips.php#Remove shortcut arrow from desktop icons

 

[Burt]

Jared,
I have seen some cases where removing those little arrows
created havoc for some operators in that you can't tell the
difference of whether it is in fact a shortcut or and ACTUAL
program that is sitting there.. Be careful. People have deleted
entire programs and had to reload them just because they didn't
like the little arrows.
My two cents worth,
--
Burt
The Old Alaskan
MVP's listed on TECKPAGE
http://www.cvinternet.net/~smokydog
http://www.cvinternet.net/~smokydog/teckpage.htm

 

[Tim Slattery]

How do I get rid of those arrows on the desktop icons?

This question comes up a lot. I generally don't answer because I think
this is a LOUSY idea. The arrow tells you that this is a shortcut, not
the actual program executable. You can copy, move, or delete shortcuts
without doing damage to the program. If you do that to the executable,
you will cause yourself grief.

It's important to know what the icon symbolizes, so don't get rid of
the thing that tells you what's what!

 

[Burt]

Tim,
Thanx for the backup....
--
Burt
The Old Alaskan
MVP's listed on TECKPAGE
http://www.cvinternet.net/~smokydog
http://www.cvinternet.net/~smokydog/teckpage.htm

 

[Alex Nichol]

How do I get rid of those arrows on the desktop icons?

Use TweakUI - one of the XP Powertoys from (if you have installed XP
SP1)
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/downloads/powertoys.asp

If you have not installed SP1, the earlier version can be found at
http://download.microsoft.com/download/whistler/Install/2/WXP/EN-US/TweakUiPowertoySetup.exe

Once installed you will find it in Start - All Programs - Powertoys for
Windows XP

Its Explorer - Shortcut page. I suggest trying 'Light arrow' which is
very unobtrusive, but allows you to check easily whether something is
just a shortcut