Get Rid of Arrows frm icons ?

well ... ,

this month in digit we got this trick to (GET RID of ICON's arrows)

how many of u tried and its really happening ?

i tried it lot but still can't dooo

so plz if anyone did it let me know how

I didnt read the trick mentioned in DIGIT, but u can get rid of the arrow by using following trick:

Open regedit and remove "IsShortCut" key from following keys:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\lnkfile (to remove arrow from application shortcuts)
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\piffile (to remove arrow from PIF files (DOS based) shortcuts)
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\InternetShortcut (to remove arrow from URL files shortcuts)

hey dude why dont use tweak ui.it includes this and many other cool tweaks.
*download.microsoft.com/download/f/c/a/fca6767b-9ed9-45a6-b352-839afb2a2679/TweakUiPowertoySetup.exe
for a change i wont ask for reps this time

Also see this tute.

*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/showthread.php?t=43664

Use the tool provided in the tute to remove arrows from icons & also U can know the registry trick for that.

Vishal Gupta said:
I didnt read the trick mentioned in DIGIT, but u can get rid of the arrow by using following trick:

Open regedit and remove "IsShortCut" key from following keys:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\lnkfile (to remove arrow from application shortcuts)
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\piffile (to remove arrow from PIF files (DOS based) shortcuts)
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\InternetShortcut (to remove arrow from URL files shortcuts)

dude ..,

i want remove frm app shortcut but tht inkfile is not there

arrey yaar its Linkfile not inkfile.you took l(L) as I

n2casey said:
Also see this tute.

*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/showthread.php?t=43664

Use the tool provided in the tute to remove arrows from icons & also U can know the registry trick for that.

welll for to remove arrow i will have to download system mechanise ?

damn but i willl not do tht

gemme other tricks plzzzzzzz

TweakUI will do the job very easily, as vimal suggested

vimal_mehrotra said:
arrey yaar its Linkfile not inkfile.you took l(L) as I

well i got it LNKfile lolz but did u try it ?

im scared to delete it suld i go on ?

i have already removed the arrows with the help of tweak ui.Dont be afraid just save your registry by clicking file>export.it is not such a big tweak so no harm will be there go for it.
and

please rep me if it works.

vimal_mehrotra said:
i have already removed the arrows with the help of tweak ui.Dont be afraid just save your registry by clicking file>export.it is not such a big tweak so no harm will be there go for it.
and please rep me if it works.

wat no change stillll

do i have to restart my PC

Yes, as vishal said, Download: Tweak UI Run it, Restart PC...This is the simplest and safe method.

^^if he wants to play with registry,let him do it.
yes,if you have made all three changes and it is still not working restart it.
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do it quickly man,i am getting exited about it

tinku dhar said:
wat no change stillll

do i have to restart my PC

yes! either log off or restart system to take affect

no no no its not workin

i only deleted lnk and than restarted now alll the icon came unknown icon

sooo i restored the reg thnx God i save tht reg thnx to VIMAL

lolz now i have installed tweak now wat suld i do ................

LOL! restart PC!

whoa i was afraid for once.but it was good you saved it earlier.But Vishal what must have gone wrong? why it did not work.
hey dude have you the deleted the lnkfile completely.you had to remove isshortcut entry from inkfile.maybe that had caused the trouble.

@tinku_dhar
buddy, u hv to delete IsShortCut key not the whole lnkfile key

wat to dooooo in tweak UL to make tht change

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Vishal Gupta said:
@tinku_dhar
buddy, u hv to delete IsShortCut key not the whole lnkfile key

oooopppppz ... ,

wait mayn lolz

Goto Explorer -> Shortcut and in right-side pane, Select None

yes he deleted the whole file.I just did it and all icons turned to unknown.so buddy please be careful while applying reghacks.

in tweak ui expand the explorer section on the left.
select shortcuts.
in the right pane select NONE.
click apply

oops just saw VIS(hal gup)TA has already posted it.

welll welll ... ,

thnx sooooooooooooo much to VISHAL and VIMAL

welll now its workin

cheers is there any ways to delete the names of the appz ? i want to keep blank but it wont be lolz

tinku dhar said:
is there any ways to delete the names of the appz ? i want to keep blank but it wont be lolz

I didnt understand!

thanks.But i cant understand the question.please explain more.what are appz

As I guess, he wants shortcuts without names (only icon shud b visible).

n2casey said:
As I guess, he wants shortcuts without names (only icon shud b visible).

sorry actually i was in hurry sooo culd'nt specify u guys properly wat i mean lolz

now i have restarted my PC

and ya i want icons without name i mean nothing suld be there only the icon lolz

is it possible ?

yes! its possible. Just rename them and while giving name press <ALT> key and press 0160 using Num Keypad

right click on an icon
select rename
hold alt
type 0160 by keypad
release alt
done

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this will work for only 1 icon.to rename 2nd icon do this
select rename
hold alt
type 0160
release alt
hold alt again
type 0160
release alt
done

for third icon hold alt once more type 0160 release and so on....

vimal_mehrotra said:
right click on an icon
select rename
hold alt
type 0160 by keypad
release alt
done
this time plz rep me
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this will work for only 1 icon.to rename 2nd icon do this
select rename
hold alt
type 0160
release alt
hold alt again
type 0160
release alt
done

for third icon hold alt once more type 0160 release and so on....

thnx but i knew this trick i thought u culd give some other lolz

neways u guys rock

didnt know it myself.
did a bit of search and all and found this.
please repute me if you like your nice clean arrow-text-free desktop

vimal_mehrotra said:
please repute me

Do u any other thing or not?

i know other things as well.For those other things i ask for reps

.(after so much of whining people still dont rep me-whats my fault

)
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deleted some of my rep requests.Agreed 3 rep requests on 1 page looks CHEAP

vimal_mehrotra said:
i know other things as well.For those other things i ask for reps.(after so much of whining people still dont rep me-whats my fault)
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deleted some of my rep requests.Agreed 3 rep requests on 1 page looks CHEAP

wat u mean ?

hmmmm...I use auto patcher to remove arrows on shortcuts..in addition it also removes the phrase "shortcut to" from shortcuts...

^^
U can remove the "Shortcut to" text by applying following registry tweak:

Goto:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer

and create a new Binary Value link and set its value to 00 00 00 00

hmmm by modifying registry u can do almost anything..bt dnt u think its a bit tough to rem all those tweaks...so if there is one free and trusted toll..why not let it do things for ue..what do u say?

wateva my ICON arrow RID prob is solved

now i want to remove the lable (name) of the icons sooo nothing is seen only icon

Vishal Gupta said:
yes! its possible. Just rename them and while giving name press <ALT> key and press 0160 using Num Keypad

What for recycle bin?

can do the bin too.I found a tweak by which you can enable the rename option for the bin.Just rename it alt+0160.AND viola no recycle bin lable

to rename the recycle bin-

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}\
(Standard) [String] = "Recycle bin" [default]
InfoTip [String] = "Stores deleted objects..."
LocalizedString [String] = stores path to shell32.dll
SortOrderIndex [DWord] = "0x00000060" List

Subfolder ShellFolder contains value:
Attributes [binary] = 40 01 00 20 [default]

Change to:
50 01 00 20 (Renaming allowed and context menu contains 'Rename')
70 01 00 20 (Renaming allowed)

plz rep me if it is useful

Was knowing that b4 ur post coz I have already searched for it. Anyway thx...

thanks n2casey .
I posted it after sometime you asked the question.Sorry for delay. ;-)

Nope friend. Keep posting solutions for troubles
(Trouble.... Shooter)

I shoot most of the troubles by the experience i got from creating and solving them myself.

I am glad to say that I dont have to run crying after a non-responding computerwalla.(except in case of hardware failure of course).This forum and google are always there to help me.

vimal_mehrotra said:
I shoot most of the troubles by the experience i got from creating and solving them myself.
I am glad to say that I dont have to run crying after a non-responding computerwalla.(except in case of hardware failure of course).This forum and google are always there to help me.

Absolutely right & same for me. I believe in backup before starting any experiment.

I too backup now after some 'harms' ;-)

gr8 thnx guys