Icon help

[Guest]

how can i remove icons from my desktop,and can i remove that arrow on the icon?
thanx

 

[Kelly]

1. Right click, delete.
2. Line 209: http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

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All the Best,
Kelly (MS-MVP/DTS&XP)

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[BobV]

To remove icons right-click on desktop, then properties, then choose desktop
tab; then Customize Desktop. Check or uncheck to have them show up or not.
Other than those, any others should simply be shortcuts, and you should be
able to just right-click on the icon and then choose delete.

To get rid of the shortcut arrows, you can install PowerToys at:

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx

Installing TweakUI gives you the ability to do this and many other things.

Hope this helps,
Bob

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

how can i remove icons from my desktop,

Right-click and choose delete.

and can i remove that arrow on
the 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
(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.

 

[Plato]

how can i remove icons from my desktop,and can i remove that arrow on the icon?
thanx

Use tweakUI to remove arrows from icons.