Remove shortcut arrow from desktop icons

by **s. sengupta** » Fri Aug 02, 2002 12:18 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.

by **XP Maniac** » Sat Aug 03, 2002 1:41 pm

I cannot find this inkfile in the location specified, ive searched the registry and its not there. Is this correct..?

by **epec254** » Sat Aug 03, 2002 2:05 pm

TweakUI will change this setting for you...

by **XP Maniac** » Sat Aug 03, 2002 2:30 pm

I dont like to use tweaking programmes at all. I was hoping this registry hack would enable me to get rid of the shortcut arrow icons.

Is there no other way of doing this..?

by **epec254** » Sat Aug 03, 2002 7:29 pm

Not that I am aware of. I'm sure there is some registry key you have to change, but I'm not sure of it. Why not just download TweakUI from MS, change this one setting and unistall it?

by **s. sengupta** » Tue Aug 06, 2002 3:46 am

Dave,
I was ill so I was away from internet.
You Navigate to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT and find " Lnkfile" and Delete the IsShortcut registry value.Reboot machine.

by **XP Maniac** » Tue Aug 06, 2002 7:40 am

:D Thankyou :D

That did the trick.

Hope your feeling much better now.

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