I Hate Shortcut Arrow

This post is about to a guideline on how to remove away the ugly shortcut arrow from you desktop icon completely.


The shortcut arrow is an identifier icon which differentiate a normal link and a shortcut link. Hence, is recommended to leave the arrow there. But for those who dislike the arrow icon, it is a different story for them.

Well, here's the guide:

1. Start regedit.
2. Navigate to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\lnkfile
3. Delete the IsShortcut registry value.
4. Navigate to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\piffile
5. Delete the IsShortcut registry value.
6. Navigate to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ConferenceLink
7. Delete the IsShortcut registry value.
8. Navigate to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\DocShortCut
9. Delete the IsShortcut registry value.
10.Navigate to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\InternetShortcut
11. Delete the IsShortcut registry value.
12. Navigate to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\WSHFile
13. Delete the IsShortcut registry value.
14. Close regedit.

Here the results:

Logoff and... Enjoy!