Shortcut Arrows

Is there a simple way to remove the shortcut Desktop icon arrows in VISTA? I
know all my icons are shortcuts...I don't need those annoying little arrows
to keep populating the Desktop. Anyone on this list know how to get rid of
them, once and for all?

Thanks much.

Doug Parrish

"Doug Parrish" <> wrote in message
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> Is there a simple way to remove the shortcut Desktop icon arrows in VISTA?
> I
> know all my icons are shortcuts...I don't need those annoying little
> arrows
> to keep populating the Desktop. Anyone on this list know how to get rid of
> them, once and for all?

http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/fil...scription.html
or look for TweakVI.

GIYF

See this link from my website:
http://vistasupport.mvps.org/remove_...ktop_icons.htm

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"Doug Parrish" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Is there a simple way to remove the shortcut Desktop icon arrows in VISTA?
> I
> know all my icons are shortcuts...I don't need those annoying little
> arrows
> to keep populating the Desktop. Anyone on this list know how to get rid of
> them, once and for all?
>
> Thanks much.
>
> Doug Parrish

You posted that question yesterday and you're getting the same answers. Post
it again tomorrow... and you'll get the same answers.
--
oscar :\

....Right click is your best friend...


"Doug Parrish" wrote:

> Is there a simple way to remove the shortcut Desktop icon arrows in VISTA? I
> know all my icons are shortcuts...I don't need those annoying little arrows
> to keep populating the Desktop. Anyone on this list know how to get rid of
> them, once and for all?
>
> Thanks much.
>
> Doug Parrish
>
>

Sorry about the double posting. Yesterday's post never showed up in my
listing yesterday, and searching through the list today produced nothing
either; hence, the "second" request.

The FrameWorkx download accomplished the task very nicely and just as
described.

Thank you again.

Doug Parrish

"oscar" <> wrote in message
news:6F8E9719-4242-4F85-B3F2-...
> You posted that question yesterday and you're getting the same answers.
> Post
> it again tomorrow... and you'll get the same answers.
> --
> oscar :\
>
> ...Right click is your best friend...
>
>
> "Doug Parrish" wrote:
>
>> Is there a simple way to remove the shortcut Desktop icon arrows in
>> VISTA? I
>> know all my icons are shortcuts...I don't need those annoying little
>> arrows
>> to keep populating the Desktop. Anyone on this list know how to get rid
>> of
>> them, once and for all?
>>
>> Thanks much.
>>
>> Doug Parrish
>>
>>

On Mon, 14 Jul 2008 13:35:16 -0400, "Doug Parrish"
<> wrote:

> Is there a simple way to remove the shortcut Desktop icon arrows in VISTA? I
> know all my icons are shortcuts...I don't need those annoying little arrows
> to keep populating the Desktop. Anyone on this list know how to get rid of
> them, once and for all?


You've already gotten "how to" answers, but my recommendation is that
you do *not* do this. The arrows serve an important
function--providing quick visual identification of a shortcut. If you
remove the arrows, you run the substantial risk that sooner or later
you will delete something you wanted to keep, thinking that you were
just deleting a shortcut to it.

Note that if you remove the arrows, you remove them from *all*
shortcuts, not just shortcuts on the desktop.

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Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience
Please Reply to the Newsgroup

Or maybe Customize the Shortcut Overlay Icons?
This is a great suggestion, here:
http://unlockforus.blogspot.com/2007...le-part-2.html

O.K.
Another poster reported similar problems of not seeing his post. Sorry, if I
sounded snippy there, but some posters have a habit of asking same question
twice, hoping for the "right" answer.

And, uh, I agree with Ken. I think you're going to have more problems in the
long run if you eliminate those shortcut arrows. Hopefully not.

Cheers....
--
oscar

....Right click is your best friend...


"Doug Parrish" wrote:

> Sorry about the double posting. Yesterday's post never showed up in my
> listing yesterday, and searching through the list today produced nothing
> either; hence, the "second" request.
>
> The FrameWorkx download accomplished the task very nicely and just as
> described.
>
> Thank you again.
>
> Doug Parrish
>
> "oscar" <> wrote in message
> news:6F8E9719-4242-4F85-B3F2-...
> > You posted that question yesterday and you're getting the same answers.
> > Post
> > it again tomorrow... and you'll get the same answers.
> > --
> > oscar :\
> >
> > ...Right click is your best friend...
> >
> >
> > "Doug Parrish" wrote:
> >
> >> Is there a simple way to remove the shortcut Desktop icon arrows in
> >> VISTA? I
> >> know all my icons are shortcuts...I don't need those annoying little
> >> arrows
> >> to keep populating the Desktop. Anyone on this list know how to get rid
> >> of
> >> them, once and for all?
> >>
> >> Thanks much.
> >>
> >> Doug Parrish
> >>
> >>
>
>

Now there's something I had not thought of. But I know my way around
computers pretty well, starting out with an Apple IIe in the early 1980's.

However, doesn't deleting the non-arrow-embedded icon on the Desktop delete
only the icon itself, even if it refers directly to an application? The
application is still there, whether it has a reference icon or not. Wouldn't
you have to go to the uninstall screen to actually get rid of an
application?

Doug Parrish
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"Ken Blake, MVP" <> wrote in message
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> On Mon, 14 Jul 2008 13:35:16 -0400, "Doug Parrish"
> <> wrote:
>
>> Is there a simple way to remove the shortcut Desktop icon arrows in
>> VISTA? I
>> know all my icons are shortcuts...I don't need those annoying little
>> arrows
>> to keep populating the Desktop. Anyone on this list know how to get rid
>> of
>> them, once and for all?
>
>
> You've already gotten "how to" answers, but my recommendation is that
> you do *not* do this. The arrows serve an important
> function--providing quick visual identification of a shortcut. If you
> remove the arrows, you run the substantial risk that sooner or later
> you will delete something you wanted to keep, thinking that you were
> just deleting a shortcut to it.
>
> Note that if you remove the arrows, you remove them from *all*
> shortcuts, not just shortcuts on the desktop.
>
> --
> Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience
> Please Reply to the Newsgroup

On Mon, 14 Jul 2008 23:30:29 -0400, "Doug Parrish"
<> wrote:

>Now there's something I had not thought of. But I know my way around
>computers pretty well, starting out with an Apple IIe in the early 1980's.
>
>However, doesn't deleting the non-arrow-embedded icon on the Desktop delete
>only the icon itself, even if it refers directly to an application? The
>application is still there, whether it has a reference icon or not. Wouldn't
>you have to go to the uninstall screen to actually get rid of an
>application?

Some people actually put the program itself in/on their desktop. Don't
ask me why. I can't think of a reason.