ITSoftMedia Tricks: Removing Shortcut Arrow From Desktop Icons

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Here’s how you can remove those shortcut arrows from your desktop icons in Windows XP.

1. Start regedit.
2. Navigate to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTlnkfile
3. Delete the IsShortcut registry value.

You may need to restart Windows XP.


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