How to remove shortcut arrows? 1

[Bruno2000]

I want to remove the little arrows on the shortcuts on my desktop.
I have used both Winboost 2001 and Tweak UI..
It worked at first but now it doesn't.
I want to know how to manually remove those ugly arrows

 

[JasonHamari]

Delete the following registry keys:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\lnkfile\IsShortcut
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\piffile\IsShortcut

Jason H.

 

[hotfusion]

That is correct, but if you do a search in regedit for 'isshortcut', you'll find those elusive locations faster!
(Only delete the IsShortCut value itself, nothing else and leave any other 'isshortcut's you find in the search as they are.) My suggestions are what I would try myself. If incorrect, I welcome corrections to my rather limited knowledge. Andy.

 

[mintaka]

Rename them to IsShortcutold, rather than deleting them. At least if you change your mind later, you'll not have any problem remembering what you did to get rid.

 

[Bruno2000]

It doesn't work ,i renamed it to old ,i did a search in regedit but could only find one to rename.
I'm using Win 98..
Anyone else?

 

[SPYDERIX]

Get TweakUI, you don't have to mess around with the registry, it is just a click of a button.

http://www.microsoft.com/ntworkstation/downloads/PowerToys/Networking/NTTweakUI.asp

Good Luck!
Nate
"If you're not living on the edge, you're taking up too much space!"

 

[craigey]

Oh and don't forget to backup the registry before hacking away at it

 

[Bruno2000]

I ALLREADY HAVE IT!! AND WINBOOST 2001..
As i was saying..They don't work anymore.

Anyone else?

 

[SPYDERIX]

Oh my apologies, didn't see that you had TweakUI.
Nate
"If you're not living on the edge, you're taking up too much space!"

 

[Bruno2000]

Thou art forgiven sir...

 

[mintaka]

Make sure you're going to LNKFILE and not INKFILE (uppercase for clarity only)and reboot once you're finished in the registry.

 

[hotfusion]

I beg to differ, I delete the dwords from INKFILE and PIFFILE and it works fine......... My suggestions are what I would try myself. If incorrect, I welcome corrections to my rather limited knowledge. Andy.

 

[mintaka]

Of course you may differ, Andy, I'm always happy to be corrected. I have searched the registries on both my operating systems, Win98se and XP pro, and I can't seem to find an INKFILE in either of them.

 

[scorpyun2001]

why dont you have to mess with the registry if you have this "tweak ui"?

 

[mintaka]

Because Tweak UI does the messing for you. It's a utility that lets you modify settings and fix certain problems.

http://www.microsoft.com/ntworkstation/downloads/PowerToys/Networking/NTTweakUI.asp