Internet Explorer Desktop Icon

[Krispy]

How do I get Internet Explorer to display an icon on the
desktop without the little shortcut thing on the icon.

 

[Sparks]

I'm not sure that's possible...the little shortcut arrow
will always be there. =P

-SPARKY

 

[Bob Adams]

You used to be able to do it with TweakUI, at least with Win98. I assume the WinXP
version does it too. http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/downloads/powertoys.asp
Bob
| How do I get Internet Explorer to display an icon on the
| desktop without the little shortcut thing on the icon.

 

[Lem]

TweakUI did that for earlier versions of Windows. I don't use it for
XP, but I imagine that the feature still exists.
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/downloads/powertoys.asp

 

[Code-Curious Mom]

'dev' was correct, I believe the rest are confusing this with a system-wide
setting for shortcuts, rather than just the IE desktop item.

 

[Ken Blake]

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How do I get Internet Explorer to display an icon on the
desktop without the little shortcut thing 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

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.