page Posted March 25, 2007 Report Share Posted March 25, 2007 Hi all,This is a trick to remove all your irritating Arrow of all your icons on the Desktop. Steps:1)Download & use Microsoft PowerToy TweakUI.exe tool.2)Open TweakUI program from your start menu3)Select and navigate 'Explorer' on the left and chose 'Shortcut'4)on your right, chose 'None' 5)click on 'Apply' and 'Ok'.6)you're done.Here's how it look like when you are done.TweakUI also include other useful functions that you may explore & modify them. Enjoy! Tks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nellie2 Posted March 25, 2007 Report Share Posted March 25, 2007 Thank you Page... personally I prefer to keep the shortcut arrow so that I know which of my icons are shortcuts and which aren't... but that is just me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted March 25, 2007 Report Share Posted March 25, 2007 Interesting, nel. I hate that curved arrow and get rid of it on all machines that I am able to. I never knew it had a function until your post but, it still goes, nevertheless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
page Posted March 25, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 25, 2007 Thank you Page... personally I prefer to keep the shortcut arrow so that I know which of my icons are shortcuts and which aren't... but that is just me. Welcome.I understand individual user always has his/her own style on how their desktop looks. Frankly, I find that is irritating to have all arrow pin beside icon. Beside this, there are many enhancement tools to improve Windows appearance though, but I would still prefer TweakUI cos I consider as a light-weighted tools.Other enhancement tools will bring your computer into harmful registry and non-user friendly configuration could possibly crash your systems.For those members out there also have the same concerns as mine, perhap can probably give a try. B) Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted March 26, 2007 Report Share Posted March 26, 2007 The little arrows never bother me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarecrow Man Posted March 26, 2007 Report Share Posted March 26, 2007 I am like Nellie. I prefer the arrow, so I can keep track of my shortcuts. As a side note, this will remove the shortcut arrow for ALL shortcuts, not just the desktop ones. There is another way, without using a 3rd party application (like TweakUI) by modifying the registry.Click Start, Run and type Regedit.exe Navigate to the following key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Explorer \ Shell IconsBackup the key by exporting it to a file In the right-pane, create a new String value named 29 Double-click 29 and set its Value data as: C:\Windows\System32\shell32.dll,50(shell32.dll,50 is a empty icon)Close Registry Editor. To apply the changes instantly, follow thisRight-click Desktop, choose Properties Click the Appearance Tab. Click Advanced button Choose Icon from the drop-down list Set it's size to 31 and press OK, OK. The changes will be applied now. Repeat the above steps and then set the Icon size back to 32 (defaults). The above steps are required to force Windows to redraw the icons. Even Tweak UI does this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ɹəuəllıʍ ʇɐb Posted March 27, 2007 Report Share Posted March 27, 2007 I always hated the big shortcut arrow, so I have (since Windows 95) always selected the small shortcut arrow. TweakUI has always been able to do that.But I do want to know if it is a shortcut or not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cozofdeath Posted March 29, 2007 Report Share Posted March 29, 2007 Page, it seems from your screen capture you have a Symantec infection. Possibly by an OEM installation? :lol: I'm just messing with you. Symantec isn't that bad despite what people say about Norton. Good guide by the way! I usually keep the shortcut arrow there so I know what is a shortcut and what is the main program, that way I don't delete or move the main executable. But I can see why people would like it to go away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coreper Posted March 29, 2007 Report Share Posted March 29, 2007 i already knew this trick [it could also be done through the registry somehow]but i prefer to change the arrow to another nice image:TweakUI > Explorer > Shortcut > Custom Arrowi use XPize, so ive got their arrow [and its a nice one!] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodchip Posted March 29, 2007 Report Share Posted March 29, 2007 Under Normal circumstances, All the icons on the Desktop should be Shortcuts, Arrows or not. it's not the place to leave a Executable Program Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted March 30, 2007 Report Share Posted March 30, 2007 Although the arrows don't bother me in the slightest, I was interested and gave the tweak a try. It does work fine as a matter of interest. I will save the info in case anyone ever asks me. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artist Posted March 30, 2007 Report Share Posted March 30, 2007 I have never seen that arrow. Don't remember doing anything to remove them. I just have shortcut icons and if I want to remove one, I am told it's 'only a shortcut'Why haven't I had the arrows.......... :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted March 30, 2007 Report Share Posted March 30, 2007 Do you want me to send some, artist? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted March 30, 2007 Report Share Posted March 30, 2007 Do you want me to send some, artist?How much each are you going to charge her? :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doug Posted March 30, 2007 Report Share Posted March 30, 2007 and make sure they're not bent ones! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted March 30, 2007 Report Share Posted March 30, 2007 and make sure they're not bent ones!They are much less dangerous than straight ones. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artist Posted March 30, 2007 Report Share Posted March 30, 2007 Do you want me to send some, artist?No - dangerous things, arrows............. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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