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Hi Jeffery,

Under Tweakui, navigate to Explorer > Shortcut and select 'none'. This will remove the overlay icon.
Download TweakUI from:

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp [...] ertoys.asp

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"Jeffrey Phear" <JeffreyPhear@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:7F68595D-186A-44D1-9442-049643043628@microsoft.com...
> Is there anyway to remove the little black and white arrow icon that shows up
> shortcut icons? I have some nice icons and that arrow just takes so much away
> from the overall look of things.
>
> Hope someone can help with this..
>
> Ciao for now,
>
>
> JPHR

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Tweak UI for Windows XP Guide
http://www.winxpsolution.com/Tweakuixppro.aspx

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

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In news:49500593-0984-478B-9B51-8F8C34934548@microsoft.com,
Jeffrey Phear <JeffreyPhear@discussions.microsoft.com> hunted and pecked:
> Thanks I had TweakUI but I hadn't looked at it too much..
>
> Appreciate the help.
>
> Ciao..
>
> "Anando [MS-MVP]" wrote:
>
>> Hi Jeffery,
>>
>> Under Tweakui, navigate to Explorer > Shortcut and select 'none'.
>> This will remove the overlay icon. Download TweakUI from:
>>
>> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp [...] ertoys.asp
>>
>> --
>>
>> Anando
>> Microsoft MVP- Windows Shell/User
>> http://www.microsoft.com/mvp
>> http://www.mvps.org
>>
>> Folder customizations
>> http://newdelhi.sancharnet.in/minku
>>
>> Protect your PC!
>> http://www.microsoft.com/protect
>>
>>
>> "Jeffrey Phear" <JeffreyPhear@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
>> message news:7F68595D-186A-44D1-9442-049643043628@microsoft.com...
>>> Is there anyway to remove the little black and white arrow icon
>>> that shows up shortcut icons? I have some nice icons and that arrow
>>> just takes so much away from the overall look of things.
>>>
>>> Hope someone can help with this..
>>>
>>> Ciao for now,
>>>
>>>
>>> JPHR

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"=?Utf-8?B?SmVmZnJleSBQaGVhcg==?=" wrote in
microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize:
>Is there anyway to remove the little black and white arrow icon that shows up
>shortcut icons? I have some nice icons and that arrow just takes so much away
>from the overall look of things.

Download Tweak UI from Microsoft's site
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp [...] rtoys.mspx

But even though you _can_ remove the arrows, it may not be wise. It
can make a difference sometimes whether you're manipulating a
shortcut or the actual program.

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Stan Brown wrote:
> "=?Utf-8?B?SmVmZnJleSBQaGVhcg==?=" wrote in
> microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize:
>
>>Is there anyway to remove the little black and white arrow icon that shows up
>>shortcut icons? I have some nice icons and that arrow just takes so much away
>
>>from the overall look of things.
>
> Download Tweak UI from Microsoft's site
>
>> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp [...] rtoys.mspx
>
>
> But even though you _can_ remove the arrows, it may not be wise. It
> can make a difference sometimes whether you're manipulating a
> shortcut or the actual program.
>
I've found that I can just: Right-click on the title; select "rename"
and type in a new name for the icon: "WP10", "C-Drive", "Q-Time Player",
etc. It won't remove the arrow - but does eliminate the "Shortcut to"
that takes up so much extra space. Hope that helps!

Molin Vardo

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In news:42221E20.4080901@iglou.com,
Molin Vardo <tovitox@iglou.com> typed:

> I've found that I can just: Right-click on the title; select
> "rename"
> and type in a new name for the icon: "WP10", "C-Drive", "Q-Time
> Player", etc. It won't remove the arrow - but does eliminate
> the
> "Shortcut to" that takes up so much extra space. Hope that
> helps!


Renaming isn't necessary. Use TweakUI, and on it's General tab,
turn off the putting of the "Shortcut to" there in the first
place.

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In news:38frimF5o1ffoU6@individual.net,
Stan Brown <the_stan_brown@fastmail.fm> typed:

> "Ken Blake" wrote in microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize:
>> In news:42221E20.4080901@iglou.com,
>> Molin Vardo <tovitox@iglou.com> typed:
>>
>>> I've found that I can just: Right-click on the title; select
>>> "rename"
>>> and type in a new name for the icon: "WP10", "C-Drive",
>>> "Q-Time
>>> Player", etc. It won't remove the arrow - but does eliminate
>>> the
>>> "Shortcut to" that takes up so much extra space. Hope that
>>> helps!
>>
>>
>> Renaming isn't necessary. Use TweakUI, and on it's General
>> tab,
>> turn off the putting of the "Shortcut to" there in the first
>> place.
>
> Which release of TweakUI? I've got 2.10.0.0, and I don't see
> anything like that on the "General" tab _or the "Shortcut" tab.
> In
> my TweakUI, that setting is on the "Explorer" tab.


Sorry, the "Explorer" tab is correct. "General" was a typo (or
brain fart), as was "it's" instead of "its."

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Windows counts how many times you delete Shortcut To on an icon. When you do it three times it no longer prefaces Shortcut To on new shortcuts.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer
Link=

Link starts at 15 or 20 and is decremented by 5 each time you delete Shortcut To. Once it reaches 0 no more Shortcut To.

I never did discover why it counted by 5 rather than 1.
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"Molin Vardo" <tovitox@iglou.com> wrote in message news:422B52B9.9040909@iglou.com...
> Stan Brown wrote:
>> "=?Utf-8?B?SmVmZnJleSBQaGVhcg==?=" wrote in
>> microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize:
>>
>>>Is there anyway to remove the little black and white arrow icon that shows up
>>>shortcut icons? I have some nice icons and that arrow just takes so much away
>>
>>>from the overall look of things.
>>
>> Download Tweak UI from Microsoft's site
>>
>>> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp [...] rtoys.mspx
>>
>>
>> But even though you _can_ remove the arrows, it may not be wise. It
>> can make a difference sometimes whether you're manipulating a
>> shortcut or the actual program.
>>
> I've found that I can just: Right-click on the title; select "rename"
> and type in a new name for the icon: "WP10", "C-Drive", "Q-Time Player",
> etc. It won't remove the arrow - but does eliminate the "Shortcut to"
> that takes up so much extra space. Hope that helps!
>
> Molin Vardo