Removing the words "Shortcut to" when making a shortcut

[casey.o]

Removing the words "Shortcut to" when making a shortcut. How do I do
this? I know there is a setting for this SOMEWHERE......

 

[Paul in Houston TX]

Removing the words "Shortcut to" when making a shortcut. How do I do
this? I know there is a setting for this SOMEWHERE......

Download and install TweakUI for Windows XP.
It will do that and lots more that you will like.
It's almost a necessity for XP and only 146 kb.
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/xp-downloads#2TC=featured

 

[Barry Schwarz]

Removing the words "Shortcut to" when making a shortcut. How do I do
this? I know there is a setting for this SOMEWHERE......

I usually just rename the shortcut after creating it.

 

[Zo]

Paul in Houston TX submitted this idea :

Download and install TweakUI for Windows XP.
It will do that and lots more that you will like.
It's almost a necessity for XP and only 146 kb.
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/xp-downloads#2TC=featured

+1

 

[glee]

Removing the words "Shortcut to" when making a shortcut. How do I do
this? I know there is a setting for this SOMEWHERE......

Use TweakUI for XP
or
edit the Registry here:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer
Change the value "Link" to 00 00 00 00

Remove "Shortcut" Text From New Shortcuts
http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/remove-shortcut-text-from-new-shortcuts-in-vista/

 

[Bob F]

Use TweakUI for XP
or
edit the Registry here:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer
Change the value "Link" to 00 00 00 00

Remove "Shortcut" Text From New Shortcuts
http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/remove-shortcut-text-from-new-shortcuts-in-vista/

Or just rightclick on the shortcut and select "rename".

 

[casey.o]

Or just rightclick on the shortcut and select "rename".

Yep, I do that all the time, but I should not have to do that. I was
able to stop that in Win98, but that was years ago, I cant rememeber
how. I got Tewak-UI, but am not finding a setting for this issue in it.

 

[Zilbandy]

Yep, I do that all the time, but I should not have to do that. I was
able to stop that in Win98, but that was years ago, I cant rememeber
how. I got Tewak-UI, but am not finding a setting for this issue in it.

It's under Explorer... look for the prefix 'Shortcut to' option and
uncheck it.