Shortcut Desktop Icon Arrows

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Doug Parrish

Is there a simple way to remove the shortcut Desktop icon arrows in VISTA? I
know all my icons are shortcuts...I don't need those annoying little arrows
to keep populating the Desktop. Anyone on this list know how to get rid of
them, once and for all?

Thanks much.

Doug
 
Doug Parrish said:
Is there a simple way to remove the shortcut Desktop icon arrows in VISTA?
I know all my icons are shortcuts...I don't need those annoying little
arrows to keep populating the Desktop. Anyone on this list know how to get
rid of them, once and for all?

Thanks much.

Doug
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Download fxvisor.exe
Not only will it remove shortcut arrows, it will also remove the "-
Shortcut" text.
Get here: http://www.frameworkx.com/file.aspx?id=4
Install it, set it the way you want (only a few options), reboot, then
"forget about it."
It's the "Godfather" of shortcut removal. Always dependable.
 
Doug Parrish said:
Is there a simple way to remove the shortcut Desktop icon arrows in VISTA?
I know all my icons are shortcuts...I don't need those annoying little
arrows to keep populating the Desktop. Anyone on this list know how to get
rid of them, once and for all?

Thanks much.

Doug
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This is inadvisble. You will then not be able to distinguish a program icon
from a shortcut. There is more to it than just the desktop.
 
Colin said:
This is inadvisble. You will then not be able to distinguish a program
icon from a shortcut. There is more to it than just the desktop.
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It's also a little peculiar, IMO, how worked up some folks get over
these little arrows, which are useful in an informational sense, helping
to distinguish, as you point out, between downloaded programs and
shortcuts to already installed programs.
 
It's also a little peculiar, IMO, how worked up some folks get over
these little arrows, which are useful in an informational sense, helping
to distinguish, as you point out, between downloaded programs and
shortcuts to already installed programs.
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If one doesn't store anything but shortcuts on the desktop, then
getting rid of the annoying little bastages is soothing to one's
nerves.

I take it even one more step: I have ZERO shortcuts on my desktop.

None.

Nada.

I have a full double-height Quick Launch bar, and a full Start Menu
(small icons), however.
 
Nonny said:
If one doesn't store anything but shortcuts on the desktop, then
getting rid of the annoying little bastages is soothing to one's
nerves.

I take it even one more step: I have ZERO shortcuts on my desktop.

None.

Nada.

I have a full double-height Quick Launch bar, and a full Start Menu
(small icons), however.
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Yes. I think that the empty desktop was what MS was trying to encourage
in Vista by making the Recycle Bin so easy to (accidentally) delete via
the right-click menu. I, too, use Quick Launch (single-height) and have
a very full Start Menu (small icons), yet still like to keep other
shortcuts, small text files, etc on my desktop, and don't find either
the shortcuts or their arrows "annoying" or upsetting to my nerves, as
you do. So, to each their own, I guess.
 
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