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On Tue, 18 Jan 2011 14:51:03 +0000, bigyan adhikari wrote:
i have win7 pro 64bit .....and i want to remove shortcut arrow from desktop icon....plz can u suggest me how to do it.....which registry have to be deleted?
Although it's possible to remove the arrow, my recommendation is that
you do not do this. The arrows serve an important
function--providing quick visual identification of a shortcut. If you
remove the arrows, you run the substantial risk that sooner or later
you will delete something you wanted to keep, thinking that you were
just deleting a shortcut to it. I would leave the arrows as they are.
Ken Blake (MS MVP)
I think there are valid situations for this. I would like to remove the arrow for shortcuts on the Desktop that I keep to certain folders. I have file extensions on and don't keep installers on the Desktop, so I don't see the harm in removing the arrow from my "Documents" shortcut. I won't ever think Documents is actually stored on the Desktop. And if anything, it would only make me more hesitant to delete a shortcut, not more likely to delete a real folder. I wouldn't advocate removing the arrow systemwide, but it would be useful for specific Desktop icons. This is obviously the case, because Microsoft decided to remove the arrow for the "User's Files" folder added through the "Desktop Icon Settings" panel.