Remove shortcut arrow from desktop icons

chandu889 · 12-10-2006, 11:11 AM

Here's how you can remove those shortcut arrows from your desktop icons in Windows XP.

1. Start regedit.
2. Navigate to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTlnkfile
3. Delete the IsShortcut registry value.

You may need to restart Windows XP.

Night_virus · 12-10-2006, 01:05 PM

Nice Trick Chandu,
Gr8 work, keep it up...

thomasdsouza · 12-10-2006, 01:37 PM

Nice trick yaar..

blntechie · 12-10-2006, 06:00 PM

im doing it with tune-up utilities till now.thanks 4 tis.

**Christo** · 12-10-2006, 07:24 PM

Good one.. Anyway I'm not going to use this trick. I like shortcuts with arrow.

crtsh · 13-10-2006, 12:09 AM

hi all,
this community rox!!!!!

**X-Caliber** · 13-10-2006, 12:16 AM

Quote:

Good one.. Anyway I'm not going to use this trick. I like shortcuts with arrow.

Same ....cuz i like my vista like shortcuts...
n first of all i harldy keep any shortcuts...i just like a plain desktop

TheGamer · 13-10-2006, 12:54 AM

TuneUP Utilities anyone?? great software .... but i usually don't keep any icons ..

santhosh · 15-11-2006, 10:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by chandu889

thanks for your info.. but i have some doubts.will u plz answer to it ?
1.how can i know which registry value is for which purpose?
2.besides of deleting can i manipulate ?
reply...

**bakuryu** · 15-11-2006, 07:52 PM

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how can i know which registry value is for which purpose?

Well a bit of it is just simply reading the registry key names and using common sense.

When you open regedit, you see 5 main keys :

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT : contains all the different types of file extensions, which extension is associated with what files, the CLSID's etc etc.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER : contains the settings for the current user that is logged in (if i am not mistaken this is probably absent in 98 or ME)

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE : contains the major part of the software settings, the System settings, your control sets (including Last known good recovery mode, etc etc) and by far is the most important part of the Windows registry. Most system tweaks and performance enhancements are done here.

HKEY_USERS : just the no. of users, their priviledges, etc etc

HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG : your current configuration. btw .. is this also present in XP ?

There are many registry tweaks that you can do to tweak Windows ... just search ...... and if you are not too confident with the Windows registry don't try your own modifications

12-10-2006, 11:11 AM	#1
chandu889 Newbie Join Date: Sep 2006 Age: 24 Posts: 24 Thanks: 1 Thanked 11 Times in 7 Posts Rep Power: 0	Remove shortcut arrow from desktop icons Here's how you can remove those shortcut arrows from your desktop icons in Windows XP. 1. Start regedit. 2. Navigate to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTlnkfile 3. Delete the IsShortcut registry value. You may need to restart Windows XP. __________________ Regard's, Chandu, "Smile a lot,It doesn't make people fright."

12-10-2006, 01:05 PM	#2
Night_virus Elite Member (1000+) Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Kolhapur, India Age: 18 Posts: 1,124 Thanks: 70 Thanked 47 Times in 45 Posts Rep Power: 18 OS:	Nice Trick Chandu, Gr8 work, keep it up... __________________ Reloaded, Reformed, Purely changed.. I'm no more Rocky_cool

12-10-2006, 06:00 PM	#4
blntechie Junior Member (25+) Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Villupuram,TamilNadu Posts: 89 Thanks: 17 Thanked 5 Times in 4 Posts Rep Power: 0	im doing it with tune-up utilities till now.thanks 4 tis. __________________ Friends,I welcome your comments on my blog to improve.It can be PMed or posted.

12-10-2006, 07:24 PM	#5
Christo Trusted Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Cochin Age: 59 Posts: 63 Thanks: 11 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts Rep Power: 5	Good one.. Anyway I'm not going to use this trick. I like shortcuts with arrow. __________________ Christo http://lazyblogs.blogspot.com/

13-10-2006, 12:09 AM	#6
crtsh Newbie Join Date: Jun 2006 Age: 24 Posts: 1 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Rep Power: 0	hi!!!! hi all, this community rox!!!!!

12-10-2006, 01:37 PM	#3
thomasdsouza Junior Member (25+) Join Date: Apr 2006 Age: 25 Posts: 37 Thanks: 5 Thanked 6 Times in 6 Posts Rep Power: 0	Nice trick yaar..

13-10-2006, 12:54 AM	#8
TheGamer Senior Member (500+) Join Date: May 2006 Location: Chandannagar Age: 23 Posts: 542 Thanks: 11 Thanked 32 Times in 31 Posts Rep Power: 20	TuneUP Utilities anyone?? great software .... but i usually don't keep any icons ..

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