TIP-How to Remove Shortcut Arrow on Icons in Windows.

;D ;D ;D All shortcut icons in Windows operating system, including Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7, has a small arrow overlay on the icons. The arrow is used to different between a shortcut from an actual physical file itself. The shortcut arrow is presented on all desktop icons, and icons in Windows Explorer, and it can be easily remove or hide.

1. Run Registry Editor (RegEdit).

2. Navigate to the following registry key:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\lnkfile

3. Delete the IsShortcut registry value in the right pane.

Tip: It’s also workable to just rename the IsShortcut registry entry to another name, such as IsNotShortcut.

4. Some other type of documents and files may be shortcut arrow on their icons too. To remove the shortcut arrow overlay image on these icons, navigate to each of the following registry keys, and then repeat step 2 and step 3 above to deactivate the shortcut arrow:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\piffile
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ConferenceLink
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\DocShortCut
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\InternetShortcut
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\WSHFile

5. Exit from Registry Editor.

6. Logout and login again or restart Explorer for the change to take effect.

thx kammy..
Very nice tip as it will make my desktop look little more neat with lots of shortcuts there.

that was really a useful piece of information...Thank You

cool tip

Read and understand !

But why would one be interested in removing the arrows. Wouldnt that confuse the user(obviously not the one who placed the shortcut, but anyother user) whether the icon represent an actual file or a shortcut?

P.S: I dont want to sound very mean or harsh.

excellent