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
    2017-09-10T01:03:37+00:00

    123456

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  2. Anonymous
    2014-11-22T14:03:31+00:00

    Its been almost 2 months since this issue has been fixed for me,on both my computers! :D

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  3. Anonymous
    2014-11-05T09:43:40+00:00

    Someone found this bug here: 

    http://dabayrus.wordpress.com/2011/03/19/howto-restore-missing-tortoise-icon-overlays/

    The root cause of my problem is Sharepoint Workspace component. It's put's 5 overlay icons... 

    I remove them, and after restart, i got back all my overlay icons... 

    Thank you guys!

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