Icon Arrows

[Jim Ross]

Is there anyway to remove the icon arrows on the desktop?
I have XP home.
Thanks
Jim

 

[ras]

Use TweakUI for XP :
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/downloads/powertoys.asp or

1. Open regedit
2. Navigate to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\lnkfile
3. Rename IsShortcut to NoIsShortcut
4. Reboot your computer
(Btw. lnkfile is LNKFILE not inkfile)

I have not tried this myself so you are using regedit at your own risk. The
good thing is by just renaming a key you can always go back to the original
name.

 

[Ken Blake]

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Is there anyway to remove the icon arrows on the desktop?

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

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.