ICONS

[who dat]

How do I get rid of the little tiney arrows on my desk top icon short cuts.
I knew how years ago but have forgotten.

 

[Shenan Stanley]

How do I get rid of the little tiney arrows on my desk top icon
short cuts. I knew how years ago but have forgotten.

Registry edit...
Or easier yet - download, install and utilize TweakUI to do this for you.
It's a Windows XP PowerToy.

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

How do I get rid of the little tiney arrows on my desk top icon short cuts.
I knew how years ago but have forgotten.

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. 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.