Shortcut Icon arrow... way to remove / change it?

[Guest MatthewS]

When creating a shortcut, the icon will then include a small arrow in the

left side bottom corner.

 

Is it possible to control this, and either remove it or change it somehow or

anything along those lines?

[Guest db.·.. >]

Re: Shortcut Icon arrow... way to remove / change it?

 

if you go to microsoft.com

you can download

a utility called

tweakui.

 

 

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"MatthewS" <nospam_matthew_tap@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:CC112F3B-2A27-4BBE-B998-EFA15497D616@microsoft.com...

> When creating a shortcut, the icon will then include a small arrow in the

> left side bottom corner.

>

> Is it possible to control this, and either remove it or change it somehow or

> anything along those lines?

[Guest Curt Christianson]

Re: Shortcut Icon arrow... way to remove / change it?

 

Hi Matthew,

 

Tweak UI, one of the Powertoys for Windows XP, can do that. See here:

 

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx

 

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"MatthewS" <nospam_matthew_tap@yahoo.com> wrote in message

news:CC112F3B-2A27-4BBE-B998-EFA15497D616@microsoft.com...

> When creating a shortcut, the icon will then include a small arrow in the

> left side bottom corner.

>

> Is it possible to control this, and either remove it or change it somehow

> or

> anything along those lines?

[Guest MatthewS]

Re: Shortcut Icon arrow... way to remove / change it?

 

db and Curt, Thank you both -- I didn't know about those.

 

Thanks very much!

 

 

 

"Curt Christianson" wrote:

> Hi Matthew,

>

> Tweak UI, one of the Powertoys for Windows XP, can do that. See here:

>

> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx

>

> --

> Curt

>

> http://dundats.mvps.org/

> http://www.aumha.org/

> http://dundats.mvps.org/AutoIt/default.aspx

>

>

>

>

>

> "MatthewS" <nospam_matthew_tap@yahoo.com> wrote in message

> news:CC112F3B-2A27-4BBE-B998-EFA15497D616@microsoft.com...

> > When creating a shortcut, the icon will then include a small arrow in the

> > left side bottom corner.

> >

> > Is it possible to control this, and either remove it or change it somehow

> > or

> > anything along those lines?

>

>

>

[Guest Gary S. Terhune]

Re: Shortcut Icon arrow... way to remove / change it?

 

Careful with those things. Despite the name, they aren't toys by any stretch

of the imagination. They're powerful tools and like any powerful tools, they

are also potentially damaging to your system. Or even just odd nuisances

that wouldn't seem at all related to what you changed, so that you never

make the connection to what you did while playing with the "toys".

 

--

Gary S. Terhune

MS-MVP Shell/User

http://grystmill.com

 

"MatthewS" <nospam_matthew_tap@yahoo.com> wrote in message

news:FA81AD8D-5CE0-4AF9-A103-CB5D9D73A862@microsoft.com...

> db and Curt, Thank you both -- I didn't know about those.

>

> Thanks very much!

>

>

>

> "Curt Christianson" wrote:

>

>> Hi Matthew,

>>

>> Tweak UI, one of the Powertoys for Windows XP, can do that. See here:

>>

>> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx

>>

>> --

>> Curt

>>

>> http://dundats.mvps.org/

>> http://www.aumha.org/

>> http://dundats.mvps.org/AutoIt/default.aspx

>>

>>

>>

>>

>>

>> "MatthewS" <nospam_matthew_tap@yahoo.com> wrote in message

>> news:CC112F3B-2A27-4BBE-B998-EFA15497D616@microsoft.com...

>> > When creating a shortcut, the icon will then include a small arrow in

>> > the

>> > left side bottom corner.

>> >

>> > Is it possible to control this, and either remove it or change it

>> > somehow

>> > or

>> > anything along those lines?

>>

>>

>>

[Guest Bill in Co.]

Re: Shortcut Icon arrow... way to remove / change it?

 

I wouldn't use TweakUI (but had once in the past). If I can't do it with

the *proper registry patch for the specific issue at hand*, it ain't worth

it. The last thing I want or need is an (alleged) All-In-One, behind the

scenes, app for that stuff. (same comment for Crap Cleaner, etc, etc)

 

Gary S. Terhune wrote:

> Careful with those things. Despite the name, they aren't toys by any

> stretch

> of the imagination. They're powerful tools and like any powerful tools,

> they

> are also potentially damaging to your system. Or even just odd nuisances

> that wouldn't seem at all related to what you changed, so that you never

> make the connection to what you did while playing with the "toys".

>

> --

> Gary S. Terhune

> MS-MVP Shell/User

> http://grystmill.com

>

> "MatthewS" <nospam_matthew_tap@yahoo.com> wrote in message

> news:FA81AD8D-5CE0-4AF9-A103-CB5D9D73A862@microsoft.com...

>> db and Curt, Thank you both -- I didn't know about those.

>>

>> Thanks very much!

>>

>>

>>

>> "Curt Christianson" wrote:

>>

>>> Hi Matthew,

>>>

>>> Tweak UI, one of the Powertoys for Windows XP, can do that. See here:

>>>

>>> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx

>>>

>>> --

>>> Curt

>>>

>>> http://dundats.mvps.org/

>>> http://www.aumha.org/

>>> http://dundats.mvps.org/AutoIt/default.aspx

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>> "MatthewS" <nospam_matthew_tap@yahoo.com> wrote in message

>>> news:CC112F3B-2A27-4BBE-B998-EFA15497D616@microsoft.com...

>>>> When creating a shortcut, the icon will then include a small arrow in

>>>> the

>>>> left side bottom corner.

>>>>

>>>> Is it possible to control this, and either remove it or change it

>>>> somehow

>>>> or

>>>> anything along those lines?

[Guest PaulM]

Re: Shortcut Icon arrow... way to remove / change it?

 

Go here and download and run this script:

http://www.paulsxp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=151&p=275

It will remove the shortcut arrows from the icons.

 

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"MatthewS" <nospam_matthew_tap@yahoo.com> wrote in message

news:CC112F3B-2A27-4BBE-B998-EFA15497D616@microsoft.com...

> When creating a shortcut, the icon will then include a small arrow in the

> left side bottom corner.

>

> Is it possible to control this, and either remove it or change it somehow

> or

> anything along those lines?

[Guest Gary S. Terhune]

Re: Shortcut Icon arrow... way to remove / change it?

 

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:

----------------------------------------------

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

 

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\InternetShortcut]

"EditFlags"=dword:00000002

@="Internet Shortcut"

"IsShortcut"=""

"NeverShowExt"=""

 

-----------------------------------------------

 

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.

 

----------------------------------------------

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

 

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\InternetShortcut]

"IsShortcut"=""

 

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\lnkfile]

"IsShortcut"=""

 

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\piffile]

"IsShortcut"=""

 

 

--------------------------------------------

 

Don't forget -- two carriage returns after the last line.

 

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Gary S. Terhune

MS-MVP Shell/User

http://grystmill.com

 

"MatthewS" <nospam_matthew_tap@yahoo.com> wrote in message

news:CC112F3B-2A27-4BBE-B998-EFA15497D616@microsoft.com...

> When creating a shortcut, the icon will then include a small arrow in the

> left side bottom corner.

>

> Is it possible to control this, and either remove it or change it somehow

> or

> anything along those lines?