Saturday, 20 November 2010

How to modify or remove shortcut arrow?

Go through the steps given below.
1.Open your registry by typing command regedit in Run window
2.Go to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\lnkfile ,remove the IsShortcut string entry because this entry is used to control if show arrows on shortcuts of common Apps and Data files
3.Go to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\piffile,also remove the IsShortcut entry because this entry is used to control if show arrows on shortcuts of MS-DOS programs
4.Log off and login ,you will find the arrow is removed
(Please backup your registry before you change any entries in your registry editor)
Or you can easily do it by using the FxVistor.
FxVistor or vista shortcut overlay manager let us to remove or modify the arrows from shortcut icons easily.It works in vista as well as in windows7.

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