Icon Shortcut Arrow Removal
Monday, March 10, 2003 by hispeed | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
I know that this sounds stupid, but I have been trying to find the switch to turn off the little shortcut arrow on my desktop icons. I had it set before but it reset when I changed my icons. I cannot find the setting anywhere!? 
HEP 
HEP 
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Reply #2 Monday, March 10, 2003 2:43 AM
Reply #2 Monday, March 10, 2003 2:43 AM
TweakUi by MS can do that. There is also a registry tweak :
Copy this into notepad and save as 'Shortcut.inf', then right click the file and choose 'Install'.
; setup file will edit the registry to remove the little arrows on short cuts
[version]
signature="$CHICAGO$"
SetupClass=BASE
[DefaultInstall]
AddReg=Install.Uninstall.Option,Install.Uninstall.Information
DelReg=Uninstall.IsShortcut
CopyFiles=Copy.inf.file
Restart
[DefaultUninstall]
DelReg=Install.Uninstall.Option,Install.Uninstall.Information
DelFiles=Copy.inf.file
AddReg=Uninstall.IsShortcut
Restart
[Install.Uninstall.Information]
HKLM,SoftWare\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\IsShortcutOff,,,
HKLM,SoftWare\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\IsShortcutOff,"DisplayName",,"Shortcut Arrow Killer!"
HKLM,SoftWare\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\IsShortcutOff,"UninstallString",,"c:\windows\rundll.exe setupx.dll,InstallHinfSection DefaultUnInstall 132 %17%\shortcut.inf"
[Install.Uninstall.Option]
HKCR,inffile\shell\Uninstall,,,
HKCR,inffile\shell\Uninstall,command,,,
HKCR,inffile\shell\uninstall\command,,,"C:\WINDOWS\rundll.exe setupx.dll,InstallHinfSection DefaultUnInstall 132 %1"
[Uninstall.IsShortcut]
HKCR,lnkfile,IsShortcut,,""
HKCR,piffile,IsShortcut,,""
[Copy.inf.file]
shortcut.inf
[DestinationDirs]
Copy.inf.file=17, ; put a copy of the inf file in \windows\inf
[SourceDisksNames]
55="Remove Shortcut Arrow","",1
[SourceDisksFiles]
shortcut.inf=55
Copy this into notepad and save as 'Shortcut.inf', then right click the file and choose 'Install'.
; setup file will edit the registry to remove the little arrows on short cuts
[version]
signature="$CHICAGO$"
SetupClass=BASE
[DefaultInstall]
AddReg=Install.Uninstall.Option,Install.Uninstall.Information
DelReg=Uninstall.IsShortcut
CopyFiles=Copy.inf.file
Restart
[DefaultUninstall]
DelReg=Install.Uninstall.Option,Install.Uninstall.Information
DelFiles=Copy.inf.file
AddReg=Uninstall.IsShortcut
Restart
[Install.Uninstall.Information]
HKLM,SoftWare\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\IsShortcutOff,,,
HKLM,SoftWare\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\IsShortcutOff,"DisplayName",,"Shortcut Arrow Killer!"
HKLM,SoftWare\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\IsShortcutOff,"UninstallString",,"c:\windows\rundll.exe setupx.dll,InstallHinfSection DefaultUnInstall 132 %17%\shortcut.inf"
[Install.Uninstall.Option]
HKCR,inffile\shell\Uninstall,,,
HKCR,inffile\shell\Uninstall,command,,,
HKCR,inffile\shell\uninstall\command,,,"C:\WINDOWS\rundll.exe setupx.dll,InstallHinfSection DefaultUnInstall 132 %1"
[Uninstall.IsShortcut]
HKCR,lnkfile,IsShortcut,,""
HKCR,piffile,IsShortcut,,""
[Copy.inf.file]
shortcut.inf
[DestinationDirs]
Copy.inf.file=17, ; put a copy of the inf file in \windows\inf
[SourceDisksNames]
55="Remove Shortcut Arrow","",1
[SourceDisksFiles]
shortcut.inf=55
Drlovemikey
Reply #4 Tuesday, March 11, 2003 2:41 AM
Reply #4 Tuesday, March 11, 2003 2:41 AM
I use Winboost 4 to do that before I spent my $50 on this limited package OBJECT Desktop.
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Reply #1 Monday, March 10, 2003 1:50 AM
Hope that works for ya!