Start>(All)Programs>Accessories>System Tools>System Restore. Create a new
Restore Point. If you can't find the launch shortcut, just run this in the
Run box:
%systemroot%\system32\restore\rstrui.exe
Once you've created the new Restore Point (which backs up the Registry,
among other things), then use the Run box to run REGEDIT.
First, collapse everything (click on any minus signs you see until
everything
starts with HKEY... Now, expand (click the plus sign by) HKEY_Classes_Root.
Scroll down (a long way down) past all the items that start with periods,
until you come across a Key (looks like a folder) named "Internet Shortcut",
right-click and Export it to a new folder that you've already created on
your Desktop called Shortcut Arrows, calling the file "Internet
Shortcut.reg" Then, go find that folder and right-click the new file, then
click Edit. The first part should look like this, only with a ton more stuff
after it:
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Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\InternetShortcut]
"EditFlags"=dword:00000002
@="Internet Shortcut"
"IsShortcut"=""
"NeverShowExt"=""
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Now, in the right pane, right-click "IsShortcut" and delete it. Then
collapse Internet Shortcut key.
That's one down and two to go. Proceed to scroll down to "lnkfile" (that's
an L at the beginning), do the same procedures, then down to "piffile" and
do the same.
Now, those other REG files will be handy in case you screwed up
something and, say, deleted the whole main key, or the wrong item, but you
don't want to keep them for long because the Internet Shortcut, for one,
will likely change over time and you don't want to overwrite newer info with
older. But here's the Undo file. Copy everything *between* the dotted lines
and paste it into a new text file, then save as "RestoreShortcutArrows", and
then change its extension from TXT to REG. Be sure that there are two
carriage returns after the last line.
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Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\InternetShortcut]
"IsShortcut"=""
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\lnkfile]
"IsShortcut"=""
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\piffile]
"IsShortcut"=""
