SHORTCUT ARROWS ON ICONS

May 30, 2004 8:33 AM from

Hello....I remember way back with Windows 95 that there was a way to remove the little shotcut arrows from your icons....Darn if I can remember how to do it now with Windows XP....Anyone out there know of how to remove these annoying little arrows from my desktop icons? Thanks in advance! John.

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Reply #1 May 30, 2004 8:38 AM from

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I've always used Microsoft's TweakUI Power Toy for that. You can find the latest version for XP here: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/downloads/powertoys.asp

Reply #2 May 30, 2004 8:41 AM from

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Wow that was a nice fast reply! Thanks Mike!

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Reply #3 May 30, 2004 9:04 AM from

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Mike..I downloaded the TweakUI Powertoy, but I don't see or can find the application within the pop-up box to remove the arrows.

Reply #4 May 30, 2004 9:20 AM from

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Open up TweakUI, expand the "Explorer" section, then click on "Shortcut". You'll see options for the shortcut arrow there.

Reply #5 May 30, 2004 9:24 AM from

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Duh! Thanks Mike, I missed it the first time I opened it....

Reply #6 May 30, 2004 12:16 PM from

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Under setting in iconpackager there is a box to uncheck also.
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Reply #7 May 30, 2004 1:54 PM from

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You can also get rid of the arrows through your registry. If your up to it...click on "run"...the type "regedit"...then click on "edit"...then "find"...the type "IsShortcut" and click "find"... (in XP there are 6 occurances of this in the registry)...in each occurance right click on IsShortcut and choose "rename" then type "Arioch" in front of IsShortcut..."AriochIsShortcut"...this will remove all the arrows across your system.

If for some reason you want to put them back just rename again and erase "Arioch".

But there will still be times when certain skins will force the arrows to be added again on certain icons. And for that you will need TweakUI to remove them.

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