re: Question about 'Get rid of Shortcut Residue' Sunday, June 23, 2002 at 1:08 pm Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by Mac (2831 messages posted) You posted the following message to the Windows Me Annoyances Discussion Forum: http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/winme/n1020460839 Open the Registry by running REGEDIT.EXE , which you will find at C:\WINDOWS\OPTIONS\CABS\REGEDIT.EXE & which you can also put onto your Start Menu, and go to: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT \ lnkfile ... and delete the value ... IsShortcut HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT \ piffile ... and delete the value ... IsShortcut Close the Registry Editor and Re-Boot your computer. Nice ;-) Just like Windows 3.1 Like coming home. On Sunday, June 23, 2002 at 12:03 pm, drybo wrote: >I have a question about Get >rid of Shortcut Residue: >I deleted all registry references to IsShortcut as suggested, and lost all of my >"favorites" along with the arrows. After restoring a backup of the registry, I got >them back, along with the arrows. Is there a way I can edit the registry to lose >the arrows but retain my favorites links? (Thanks, I love this site) Written in response to: Question about 'Get rid of Shortcut Residue' (drybo: Sunday, June 23, 2002 at 12:03 pm) Responses to this message: re: Question about 'Get rid of Shortcut Residue' (drybo: Sunday, June 23, 2002 at 5:19 pm) All messages in this thread [show all] Question about 'Get rid of Shortcut Residue' (drybo: Sun, Jun 23, 2002, 12:03 pm) re: Question about 'Get rid of Shortcut Residue' (Mac: Sun, Jun 23, 2002, 1:08 pm) re: Question about 'Get rid of Shortcut Residue' (drybo: Sun, Jun 23, 2002, 5:19 pm) re: Question about 'Get rid of Shortcut Residue' (Steve Easton: Sun, Jun 23, 2002, 2:45 pm) Steve - FYI (Paul D: Sun, Jun 23, 2002, 4:49 pm) re: Steve - FYI (LarryJ: Sun, Jun 23, 2002, 8:20 pm) re: Steve - FYI (Carol: Sun, Jun 23, 2002, 10:23 pm) re: Steve - FYI (Steve Easton: Mon, Jun 24, 2002, 4:23 am) re: Question about 'Get rid of Shortcut Residue' (possum: Sun, Jun 23, 2002, 4:13 pm) re: Question about 'Get rid of Shortcut Residue' (Brentsen: Thu, Aug 1, 2002, 1:03 pm) re: Question about 'Get rid of Shortcut Residue' (Ian: Wed, Feb 5, 2003, 2:35 pm) re: Question about 'Get rid of Shortcut Residue' (Ian: Tue, Mar 18, 2003, 2:44 pm) re: Question about 'Get rid of Shortcut Residue' (Ian: Wed, Mar 26, 2003, 8:38 am) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows 98 Discussion Forum