desktop icons short cut arrow

Has anyone found out how to remove the short cut arrow from the Desktop Icons.
I've searched the group but found nothing.
Thanks
-- Charlie

Well... They are shortcuts. They worked this way on XP.
The arrows is what makes the real files different from his shortcuts, so I find logical that they have this arrow.
Regards, Angel.
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Has anyone found out how to remove the short cut arrow from the Desktop Icons.
I've searched the group but found nothing.
Thanks
-- Charlie

Angel Massa wrote:

Well... They are shortcuts. They worked this way on XP.

Correct Angel, but you could also disable them in XP as well

The arrows is what makes the real files different from his shortcuts, so I find logical that they have this arrow.

Thank you Angel I am pleased you find it logical.
However I'm still looking for an option to turn them off.
-- Charlie

Charlie Drake spewed out this bit, and i'll scatter a few bits myself

Has anyone found out how to remove the short cut arrow from the Desktop Icons.
I've searched the group but found nothing.
Thanks

To remove the "Shortcut Arrows" go to both these keys...
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\LNKFILE
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\PIFFILE

And delete the the entry that says 'IsShortcut' in BOTH keys. Then log off and back on. You can export and save each key beforehand as to be able to reverse any actions.
-- Mhzjunkie
1 PRINT "Windows XP ERROR" GOTO 1 END

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Charlie Drake spewed out this bit, and i'll scatter a few bits myself
Has anyone found out how to remove the short cut arrow from the Desktop Icons.
I've searched the group but found nothing.
Thanks
To remove the "Shortcut Arrows" go to both these keys...
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\LNKFILE
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\PIFFILE

And delete the the entry that says 'IsShortcut' in BOTH keys. Then log off and back on. You can export and save each key beforehand as to be able to reverse any actions.
-- Mhzjunkie
1 PRINT "Windows XP ERROR" GOTO 1 END

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Thanks for the tip ! That did the trick. Hopefully, a Vista version of TweakUI will eventually come along so that some of these little " quirks " can be dealt with on an individual basis. .... JRH.
"Mhzjunkie" wrote in message

Charlie Drake spewed out this bit, and i'll scatter a few bits myself
Has anyone found out how to remove the short cut arrow from the Desktop Icons.
I've searched the group but found nothing.
Thanks
To remove the "Shortcut Arrows" go to both these keys...
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\LNKFILE
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\PIFFILE

And delete the the entry that says 'IsShortcut' in BOTH keys. Then log off and back on. You can export and save each key beforehand as to be able to reverse any actions.
-- Mhzjunkie
1 PRINT "Windows XP ERROR" GOTO 1 END

Mhzjunkie wrote:

To remove the "Shortcut Arrows" go to both these keys...
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\LNKFILE
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\PIFFILE

And delete the the entry that says 'IsShortcut' in BOTH keys. Then log off and back on. You can export and save each key beforehand as to be able to reverse any actions.

Excellent thank you.
-- Charlie

It's close:
http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/default.aspx?dg=microsoft.public.windows.vista.general&tid=08f54fe1-0087-4ec9-a967-29363f1dec59&cat=en_us_9F280F8D-E6BF-F78C-234A-416CF09D5DC5&lang=en&cr=US&sloc=en-us&m=1&p=1
"Administrator\jhafele" wrote:

Thanks for the tip ! That did the trick. Hopefully, a Vista version of TweakUI will eventually come along so that some of these little " quirks " can be dealt with on an individual basis. .... JRH.
"Mhzjunkie" wrote in message Charlie Drake spewed out this bit, and i'll scatter a few bits myself
Has anyone found out how to remove the short cut arrow from the Desktop Icons.
I've searched the group but found nothing.
Thanks
To remove the "Shortcut Arrows" go to both these keys...
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\LNKFILE
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\PIFFILE

And delete the the entry that says 'IsShortcut' in BOTH keys. Then log off and back on. You can export and save each key beforehand as to be able to reverse any actions.
-- Mhzjunkie
1 PRINT "Windows XP ERROR" GOTO 1 END

I didn't know that this can be done in XP. I've not found this option anywhere.
But in that case, I think it would be nice to have this option in Vista.
> Correct Angel, but you could also disable them in XP as well