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Is there anyway to remove the little black and white arrow icon that shows up
shortcut icons? I have some nice icons and that arrow just takes so much away
from the overall look of things.

Hope someone can help with this.. ;)

Ciao for now,


JPHR
 
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Jeffrey Phear said:
Is there anyway to remove the little black and white arrow icon
that
shows up shortcut icons? I have some nice icons and that arrow
just
takes so much away from the overall look of things.
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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
(if you have SP1 or SP2 installed) or
http://download.microsoft.com/download/whistler/Install/2/WXP/EN-US/TweakUiPowertoySetup.exe
(or if you don't have SP1 or SP2).



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.
 
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microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize:
Is there anyway to remove the little black and white arrow icon that shows up
shortcut icons? I have some nice icons and that arrow just takes so much away
from the overall look of things.
Click to expand...

Download Tweak UI from Microsoft's site
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx
Click to expand...

But even though you _can_ remove the arrows, it may not be wise. It
can make a difference sometimes whether you're manipulating a
shortcut or the actual program.
 
Stan said:
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microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize:



Download Tweak UI from Microsoft's site



But even though you _can_ remove the arrows, it may not be wise. It
can make a difference sometimes whether you're manipulating a
shortcut or the actual program.
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I've found that I can just: Right-click on the title; select "rename"
and type in a new name for the icon: "WP10", "C-Drive", "Q-Time Player",
etc. It won't remove the arrow - but does eliminate the "Shortcut to"
that takes up so much extra space. Hope that helps!

Molin Vardo
 
Stan said:
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microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize:



Download Tweak UI from Microsoft's site



But even though you _can_ remove the arrows, it may not be wise. It
can make a difference sometimes whether you're manipulating a
shortcut or the actual program.
Click to expand...
I've found that I can just: Right-click on the title; select "rename"
and type in a new name for the icon: "WP10", "C-Drive", "Q-Time Player",
etc. It won't remove the arrow - but does eliminate the "Shortcut to"
that takes up so much extra space. Hope that helps!

Molin Vardo
 
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Molin Vardo said:
I've found that I can just: Right-click on the title; select
"rename"
and type in a new name for the icon: "WP10", "C-Drive", "Q-Time
Player", etc. It won't remove the arrow - but does eliminate
the
"Shortcut to" that takes up so much extra space. Hope that
helps!
Click to expand...


Renaming isn't necessary. Use TweakUI, and on it's General tab,
turn off the putting of the "Shortcut to" there in the first
place.
 
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Renaming isn't necessary. Use TweakUI, and on it's General tab,
turn off the putting of the "Shortcut to" there in the first
place.
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Which release of TweakUI? I've got 2.10.0.0, and I don't see
anything like that on the "General" tab _or the "Shortcut" tab. In
my TweakUI, that setting is on the "Explorer" tab.
 
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Stan Brown said:
in microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize:

Which release of TweakUI? I've got 2.10.0.0, and I don't see
anything like that on the "General" tab _or the "Shortcut" tab.
In
my TweakUI, that setting is on the "Explorer" tab.
Click to expand...


Sorry, the "Explorer" tab is correct. "General" was a typo (or
brain fart), as was "it's" instead of "its."
 
Stan said:
in
microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize:



Download Tweak UI from Microsoft's site



But even though you _can_ remove the arrows, it may not be wise. It
can make a difference sometimes whether you're manipulating a
shortcut or the actual program.
Click to expand...
I've found that I can just: Right-click on the title; select "rename"
and type in a new name for the icon: "WP10", "C-Drive", "Q-Time Player",
etc. It won't remove the arrow - but does eliminate the "Shortcut to"
that takes up so much extra space. Hope that helps!

Molin Vardo
 
Windows counts how many times you delete Shortcut To on an icon. When you do it three times it no longer prefaces Shortcut To on new shortcuts.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer
Link=

Link starts at 15 or 20 and is decremented by 5 each time you delete Shortcut To. Once it reaches 0 no more Shortcut To.

I never did discover why it counted by 5 rather than 1.
 
Windows counts how many times you delete Shortcut To on an icon. When you do it three times it no longer prefaces Shortcut To on new shortcuts.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer
Link=

Link starts at 15 or 20 and is decremented by 5 each time you delete Shortcut To. Once it reaches 0 no more Shortcut To.

I never did discover why it counted by 5 rather than 1.
 
1. Open Regedit (Start -> Run -> type 'Regedit') (w/o quotes) or MS key + 'R'
2. Navigate to:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT -> lnkfile . (To speed up scroll, tyle 'l' to get you down
to the l's)

3. On the right panel, delete the following key "IsShorcut"
4. Close REGEDIT and Restart your computer.

You need to RESTART for the new settings take effect.

mike
 
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