Article: Remove Shortcut Arrows
 In Windows XP, shortcuts are a great thing. One thing that is kind of irritating is that every shortcut has that little arrow plastered on the icon (so you can tell it’s a shortcut).   If you would like to remove the shortcut arrows from your desktop icons, follow this guide:
 


  or by using another method.   Modify the registry at your own risk, Every effort has been made to ensure that registry edit instructions are correct and safe.  FixMyXP cannot be held responsible for any damage done to your system by using this guide.
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 Before beginning this guide, please do this
   

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  Navigate to the following key:
  HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTlnkfile
   

 
 
  On the Right Hand Side Locate the IsShortcut key, then right click  on it and select delete
   

 
 
   Reboot your computer.
 

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