How can I remove those overlays that are put on every shortcut? They are a bit annoying, especially on my desktop because most of the icons are shortcuts.
Windows 7 Customization – Remove Shortcut Icon Overlay
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How can I remove those overlays that are put on every shortcut? They are a bit annoying, especially on my desktop because most of the icons are shortcuts.
Best Answer
Two quick things I found:
Remove or modify the Shortcut overlay
Method 1
Download Vista Shortcut Overlay Remover (FxVisor) from frameworkx. FxVisor allows you to either way to modify or remove the shortcut overlay arrow in Windows 7 and Vista. Here is the screenshot of that utility:
Method 2
Removing the shortcut arrow: Download blank_icon.zip and extract the file blank.ico to a folder of your choice. In this example, we use C:\Icons\blank.ico as the path to the icon file you downloaded. And then follow these steps:
Navigate to the following branch:
In the right pane, create a new String value (REG_SZ) named 29
Method 3
Download this Reg file and follow readme instruction included within zip file to remove shortcut arrow icon. (Beware: I didn't write this reg file!)
To also removes the - Shortcut part:
Locate “Link” in right pan of registry editor
Now try to create shortcut on your desktop and it should not show shortcut extension.