DeskTop Icons-Little arrows

[Guest]

How do I get rid of the little arrow (lower letf corner) that appears each
time I create a new desktop icon?

 

[Vagabond Software]

How do I get rid of the little arrow (lower letf corner) that appears each
time I create a new desktop icon?

Here are some instructions you can try:
http://www.winguides.com/registry/display.php/75/

I have never used them myself, so I don't have much more to offer than that.

carl

 

[Linda B]

You can do it using TweakUI.

http://www.systemsmedic.com/TweakUI.htm

On the Explorer tab.

--LB

 

[Art]

How do I get rid of the little arrow (lower letf corner) that appears each
time I create a new desktop icon?

Here are some instructions you can try:
http://www.winguides.com/registry/display.php/75/

I have never used them myself, so I don't have much more to offer than that.

carl

Jerry and Carl:
Probably the easiest way is to download and install Microsoft's Tweak UI
(PowerToys) program from Microsoft at
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx
This program has a number of useful mini-programs that you may find
interesting, including an item to eliminate the bent-arrow from your desktop
shortcut icons. In the Tweak UI program go to Explorer > Shortcut and you'll
find an option to remove those arrows from your shortcut icons.
Art

 

[Tim Slattery]

How do I get rid of the little arrow (lower letf corner) that appears each
time I create a new desktop icon?

Don't. That arrow is telling you that you're looking at a shortcut,
not an executable file. You can delete, move, or rename the shortcut
without affecting the program, you can't do that to the executable.

 

[Ken Blake]

In

How do I get rid of the little arrow (lower letf corner) that
appears
each time I create a new desktop icon?

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
(or 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.

 

[Alex Nichol]

How do I get rid of the little arrow (lower letf corner) that appears each
time I create a new desktop icon?

Use TweakUI - one of the XP Powertoys from
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/downloads/powertoys.asp


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

Its Explorer - Shortcut page, select. I suggest trying light arrow,
which is very inconspicuous, but allows you to tell shortcuts from
actual files if needed