Remove Shortcut Arrows From Desktop Icons
Find those little arrows on the shortcut icon on your desktop irritating? Well here is a simple freeware application that will remove them for you with the minimum of fuss.
While a registry hack hasn't yet been forthcoming I have located two free software applications that will remove the arrows from the Windows Vista desktop. They are as follows:
- Vista Shortcut Overlay Remover
- Tweak VI
Vista Shortcut Overlay Remover
The Vista Shortcut Overlay Remover has been developed by Rich Crusco of Frameworkx.com. You can download it via this link:
1/ Download the Vista Shortcut Overlay Remover (fxvisor for short) and save it to your Documents folder
2/ As the file is zipped the first thing you need to do is un-zip it, so Right Click on the zipped file and, from the dropped down menu, select the Extract All option
3/ Accept the default folder suggested by Vista to extract your zipped files to
4/ Once the file has been unzipped, Click on the unzipped FxVisor folder to display the application file
5/ Now Right click on the FxVisor.exe file and, from the drop down menu, click on the Run As Administrator option
6/ Vista's User Account Control will pop up for you to give the application permission to run
7/ Once the relevant administrator permission has been given the Vista Shortcut Overlay remover interface will appear
8/ To remove the 'arrows' from the desktop shortcuts click on the No Arrows option and then click the Apply button
9/ Finally restart your PC for the changes to take effect.
Tweak VI
An alternative option is to use and application called Tweak VI from Totalidea software
There is a FREE 'Basic' edition that enables you to not only remove the arrows from desktop icons, but also to tweak other parts of the Windows Vista environment.