re: Comment about 'Getting rid of Icon Arrows'
Saturday, April 27, 2002 at 3:51 pm
Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Larry
(213 messages posted)
Hi Jam -
Same here; have used tweakui for a very, very long time, without any problem
-- 'til I downloaded an update.
I've recommended changing the icon size to 30 or less or performing the regedit you
mention; however, renaming the 'isshortcut' strings instead, closing regedit and
rebooting.
Renaming might be a safer measure and less drastic. The key locations are:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\lnkfile
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\piffile
As always, always backup your registry before doing any editing. You might really
appreciate the tips on this page (just for info): Windows
98 Registry Backup and Restore
On Saturday, April 27, 2002 at 2:54 pm, JAM wrote:
>I followed the steps/instructions to remove the "black arrow in a white box"
>in all my Desktop Icons in Windows 98. I hate the darned arrows and
>I hate Windows.
>
>I went into REGEDIT.EXE, then to FIND, typed "IsShortcut", then
>removed/deleted all "IsShortcut" references by using FIND NEXT (F3).
>
>But when I followed the REFRESH (F5) step, nothing happened; the arrows
>would not go away.
>
>So I tried again with TWEAK UI, went into the EXPLORER Tab, to the
>SHORTCUT OVERLAY section, first selecting "LIGHT ARROW", then inmediately
>selected "NONE" (as in: NO arrow), then hit APPLY, and by golly the
>darned arrows dissapeared from all the Desktop Icons.
>
>I want to say here that I have had NO arrows in my Desktop Icons since
>1998 when I first used TWEAK UI. But recently, I went into Microsoft's
>UPDATE page and downloaded a CRITICAL UPDATE. After this CRITICAL
>UPDATE installed itself, all the arrows came back, and TWEAK UI could
>not remove them as before.
>I do not know WHAT was done to my system by this CRITICAL UPDATE,
>and in fact, everytime I download something from Microsoft Update site,
>SOMETHING ALWAYS GETS SCREWED UP IN MY SYSTEM, so THAT'S IT.
>No more "critical updates", I don't trust Microsoft anymore.
>I have DELETED EVERY REFERENCE TO MICROSOFT WINDOWS UPDATE.
>Enough is Enough.
>
>All I wish now is for a different company, a decent company, to come
>forth with a new graphic OS to finally erradicate Microsoft off the face
>of the earth. I mean, those people at Microsoft are so conceited and
>arrogant, once they SELL their software, they don't give a damm about
>ANY OF US USERS. So just IGNORE Microsoft, they're digging their own
>hole anyway. Word gets around Billy Boy.
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