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[Brian Greenland]

how do i remove that stupid little white arrow on my desktop icons???

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Remove or modify the arrow used on shortcuts in Windows XP
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/arrow.htm

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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[Ken Blake, MVP]

how do i remove that stupid little white arrow on my desktop icons???

You call it "stupid," but I don't think it's at all stupid.

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.

 

[Dragunov]

*how do i remove that stupid little white arrow on my desktop
icons??? *

 

[Dragunov]

*how do i remove that stupid little white arrow on my desktop
icons??? *

GoTo: start>run> type REGEDIT click OK

Left click the cross next to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT

Scroll down until you find the lnkfile folder

Left click on the folder.

In the right hand columb, You'll find a string called:

IsShortcut

Right click on it and choose DELETE

Close regedit then reboot.

This is a safe tweak, however, not all tweaks are safe, Use
caution.

Dragunov

 

[David Candy]

It's not a safe one. It has consequences.

 

[Trevor L.]

It's not a safe one. It has consequences.

Well, I guess what you referring to, David, is that if you don't know which
icon is a shrotcut and which an actual program, you might delete the program
in error.

This could be disastrous.

 

[David Candy]

That's a big point but wasn't what I was referring to.

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

It has two other consequences.

1. Context menu entries may multiply / duplicate or triple entries for each
item
2. Breaks the hotkey assigned to shortcuts (tested in Win Me). This info was
posted by David last year.

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Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User

Windows XP Troubleshooting
http://www.winhelponline.com

It's not a safe one. It has consequences.

Well, I guess what you referring to, David, is that if you don't know which
icon is a shrotcut and which an actual program, you might delete the program
in error.

This could be disastrous.