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More info?)
Looks like the binary value should be 00 00 00 00
But then again not having tried it, it may make no difference.
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=253212
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"Ray Costanzo [MVP]" wrote:
| Open the registry editor (Start--Run--regedit)
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| Navigate to:
| HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Currentversion\Explorer
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| Create a new binary value named "link"
| Give it a value of 00 00 00
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| Or save this as a .reg file and double click it:
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| Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
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| [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer]
| "link"=hex:00,00,00
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| Ray at home
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| p.s. This same value exists under HKCU. On my machine, the value is 17
00
| 00. Changing it to 00 00 00 did not remove the "Shortcut to" prefix. So,
| my guess is that the only way to change it is to do as above, but note
that
| this will affect all users of the computer.
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| "sdlfkj" <blah@blah.com> wrote in message
| news:e%23MGE0mNFHA.3336@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
| > I'm creating many shortcuts and I have to rename them always to get rid
of
| > the "Shortcut to......". This is tedious and time consuming. Is there
a
| > way of creating a shortcut in Windows Explorer with the name being
exactly
| > the same as the original? That would be great.
| >
| >
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