How to remove annoying shortcut arrow in Vista (RTM)? | The Coffeehouse

BlackTiger
If you stumbled and fell down, it doesn't mean yet, that you're going in the wrong direction.

How to remove stupid, huge, annoying shortcut arrow in Vista (RTM)?

And stupid "Shortcut to..." prefix too. There was TweakUI tool for XP. But this tool doesn't work on Vista.

PeterF
Early Adopter

For the overlay you can use http://www.frameworkx.com/frameworkx/contentblogdetail.aspx?blog=57&id=512
The prefix I don't know...

Peter

computerpro2

Hi,

You can remove the shortcut arrow from your icons by doing the following.

1. Copy and Paste the following code into Notepad and save it as "Remove Shortcut Arrows.reg" (without the quotes)

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\lnkfile]
@="Shortcut"
"EditFlags"=dword:00000001
"FriendlyTypeName"="@shell32.dll,-4153"
"NeverShowExt"=""

Manual Installation of this tweak

1. Open Regedit (Start -> Run -> type "Regedit") (withoutquotes)
2. Navigate to:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT -> lnkfile (LNKFILE)

3. Delete the following key "IsShorcut"
4. Close REGEDIT and Restart your computer.

After applying this tweak it is necessary for you to RESTART your machine so the new settings take effect.

BlackTiger
If you stumbled and fell down, it doesn't mean yet, that you're going in the wrong direction.

Actually, the best way is to use TweakVI Smiley

ddewbofh
And so the world ends. Not with a bang, but with a whimper.

Didn't TweakVI's "Remove shortcut arrows" mess up tons of things? Last time I used that my links in explorer went away and I had to disable it.

Anyone know if that bug still exists or if TweakVI is "safer" now? Smiley