Desktp Shortcuts - automatic renaming?

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Having a debate here with colleagues: when I create
shorcuts to my desktop I always rename immediately to
remove the "Shortcut to" text [e.g. I rename "Shortcut to
Reports" to "Reports"] becaise it is obvious from the
icon that it is a shortcut.

Now after doing this many times it seems that Windows has
learned that I do this and now creates shortcuts
automatically without the "Shortcut to" text.

My colleagues claim this is very unlikely and that I must
have changed something.

Comments?
 
TweakUI allows you to enable or disable the "Shortcut To" prefix

TweakUI v2.00 for Windows XP/XP MCE [564 KB].
http://download.microsoft.com/download/whistler/Install/2/WXP/EN-US/TweakUiPowertoySetup.exe

TweakUI v2.10 for Windows XP SP1/XP MCE/2003 [147 KB].
http://download.microsoft.com/downl...a6-b352-839afb2a2679/TweakUiPowertoySetup.exe

http://www.sanx.org/tipShow.asp?articleRef=129

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Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k

Windows 2000 Group Policy Registry Table:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/techinfo/reskit/en-us/gp/gpref.asp

Having a debate here with colleagues: when I create
shorcuts to my desktop I always rename immediately to
remove the "Shortcut to" text [e.g. I rename "Shortcut to
Reports" to "Reports"] becaise it is obvious from the
icon that it is a shortcut.

Now after doing this many times it seems that Windows has
learned that I do this and now creates shortcuts
automatically without the "Shortcut to" text.

My colleagues claim this is very unlikely and that I must
have changed something.

Comments?
 
In Win95, there was supposedly a registry key that kept track of this:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\link
This key is also present in XP, although I can't verify its function. In
95, it was reset at every logon, limiting its usefulness. So, yes, perhaps
XP is remembering, I wouldn't be suprised.

TweakUI allows you to enable or disable the "Shortcut To" prefix

TweakUI v2.00 for Windows XP/XP MCE [564 KB].
http://download.microsoft.com/download/whistler/Install/2/WXP/EN-US/TweakUiPowertoySetup.exe

TweakUI v2.10 for Windows XP SP1/XP MCE/2003 [147 KB].
http://download.microsoft.com/downl...a6-b352-839afb2a2679/TweakUiPowertoySetup.exe

http://www.sanx.org/tipShow.asp?articleRef=129

--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k

Windows 2000 Group Policy Registry Table:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/techinfo/reskit/en-us/gp/gpref.asp

Having a debate here with colleagues: when I create
shorcuts to my desktop I always rename immediately to
remove the "Shortcut to" text [e.g. I rename "Shortcut to
Reports" to "Reports"] becaise it is obvious from the
icon that it is a shortcut.

Now after doing this many times it seems that Windows has
learned that I do this and now creates shortcuts
automatically without the "Shortcut to" text.

My colleagues claim this is very unlikely and that I must
have changed something.

Comments?
 
This is a feature of XP.
If you create 3 (?) shortcuts and remove the "Shortcut to", it will not be
added to new shortcuts.
 
Prefix "Shortcut to" on new shortcuts

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer
Value Name: Link
Value Type: REG_DWORD
Value Data: 0 or 1
0 = None
1 = Shortcut to
 
Having a debate here with colleagues: when I create
shorcuts to my desktop I always rename immediately to
remove the "Shortcut to" text [e.g. I rename "Shortcut to
Reports" to "Reports"] becaise it is obvious from the
icon that it is a shortcut.

Now after doing this many times it seems that Windows has
learned that I do this and now creates shortcuts
automatically without the "Shortcut to" text.

My colleagues claim this is very unlikely and that I must
have changed something.
Click to expand...

No - it does learn in this way, but slowly! It is also one of the
settings you can handle with the invaluable 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 page has a box 'Prefix Shortcut to. . .' which you uncheck;
and its Explorer - Shortcut page allows you to change the arrow used - a
light arrow is much less intrusive but does still point out that it *is*
a shortcut
 
three times I tried it
in win xp prof xp2
did not work

Ron Sommer said:
This is a feature of XP.
If you create 3 (?) shortcuts and remove the "Shortcut to", it will not be
added to new shortcuts.
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Ron Sommer

<[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Having a debate here with colleagues: when I create
> shorcuts to my desktop I always rename immediately to
> remove the "Shortcut to" text [e.g. I rename "Shortcut to
> Reports" to "Reports"] becaise it is obvious from the
> icon that it is a shortcut.
>
> Now after doing this many times it seems that Windows has
> learned that I do this and now creates shortcuts
> automatically without the "Shortcut to" text.
>
> My colleagues claim this is very unlikely and that I must
> have changed something.
>
> Comments?
Click to expand...
 
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\link
this did not work either

Wesley Vogel said:
Prefix "Shortcut to" on new shortcuts

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer
Value Name: Link
Value Type: REG_DWORD
Value Data: 0 or 1
0 = None
1 = Shortcut to

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes

In news:[email protected],
Code-Curious Mom <[email protected]> hunted and pecked:
> In Win95, there was supposedly a registry key that kept track of this:
> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\link
> This key is also present in XP, although I can't verify its function.
> In 95, it was reset at every logon, limiting its usefulness. So,
> yes, perhaps XP is remembering, I wouldn't be suprised.
>
> "Ramesh [MVP]" <[email protected]@mvps.org> wrote in message
> news:%[email protected]...
> TweakUI allows you to enable or disable the "Shortcut To" prefix
>
> TweakUI v2.00 for Windows XP/XP MCE [564 KB].
>
http://download.microsoft.com/download/whistler/Install/2/WXP/EN-US/TweakUiPowertoySetup.exe
>
> TweakUI v2.10 for Windows XP SP1/XP MCE/2003 [147 KB].
>
http://download.microsoft.com/downl...a6-b352-839afb2a2679/TweakUiPowertoySetup.exe
>
> http://www.sanx.org/tipShow.asp?articleRef=129
>
> --
> Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
> Windows XP Shell/User
> http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k
>
> Windows 2000 Group Policy Registry Table:
> http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/techinfo/reskit/en-us/gp/gpref.asp
>
> <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> Having a debate here with colleagues: when I create
> shorcuts to my desktop I always rename immediately to
> remove the "Shortcut to" text [e.g. I rename "Shortcut to
> Reports" to "Reports"] becaise it is obvious from the
> icon that it is a shortcut.
>
> Now after doing this many times it seems that Windows has
> learned that I do this and now creates shortcuts
> automatically without the "Shortcut to" text.
>
> My colleagues claim this is very unlikely and that I must
> have changed something.
>
> Comments?
Click to expand...
 
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