Shortcut arrow icons gone after Windows 8.1

Anonymous
2014-04-26T20:52:31+00:00

Hey all,

I know it's something minor but ever since I have upgraded to Windows 8.1 I noticed that the little shortcut arrow icons that appear on shortcuts are gone. They appear again only if I hover my mouse over the shortcuts or if I refresh the desktop or folder where the shortcuts are in. However, after a reboot the issue comes up again and I have to redo the mentioned actions.

Things I have tried:

  1. I did a SFC/ scannow and it didn't find any integrity violations.
  2. I have tried 3 different nvidia WHQL drivers without any result.
  3. A reformat also didn't fix the issue.

My specs:

Windows 8.1 Pro 64x with Media Centre (Update 1 installed along with all latest updates)

i5 3570K CPU

nVidia GTX 660Ti with 335.23 WHQL driver (not OC'ed)

8 GB RAM and 1 TB HDD

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  1. Anonymous
    2014-07-07T14:09:16+00:00

    Well it happens here no matter what >.<

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  2. Anonymous
    2014-07-02T12:00:41+00:00

    I also only have a Windows 8 key so I have to upgrade to 8.1 afterwards. I'm not sure the problem occurs or not for people who have a Windows 8.1 key

    UPDATE: I just noticed that when enabling the option to immediately go to the Desktop instead of the Metro interface after a boot, the problem doesn't occur.

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  3. Anonymous
    2014-07-02T10:40:59+00:00

    To be honest i dont know but when i format my computer i always upgrade to 8.1,since i bought 8 i have to upgrade to 8.1.My laptop which was upgrated to 8.1 (update 1) also has this issue so to be honest i dont have any idea.O.o

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  4. Anonymous
    2014-07-01T16:10:00+00:00

    Hi

    Just posting to say, I also have the same issue. (win8 updated to win8.1)

    As it seams not everybody has this issue, does this only happen on pc’s that have been upgraded from win 8 ?

    Would a clean install of 8.1  (eg. 8.1 oem disk)  solve this ?

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  5. Anonymous
    2014-06-25T12:00:36+00:00

    Yeah that also happens on the first 2 or 3 shortcuts.This is very frustrating :(

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