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re: Comment about 'Getting rid of Icon Arrows'
Sunday, November 17, 2002 at 6:26 am
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Posted by Martin Goebel (1 messages posted)


Thanks for this helpful solution.  The ONLY thing that actually worked for me was 
to change the IsShortcut key as suggested here.  In addition, it is necessary to 
also change:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\InternetShortcut
in order for the arrow to dissapear from URLs that you save on the desktop.




On Saturday, April 27, 2002 at 3:51 pm, Larry wrote: >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


> > > > > > > >



Written in response to:
re: Comment about 'Getting rid of Icon Arrows' (Larry: Saturday, April 27, 2002 at 3:51 pm)

Responses to this message:
*Yes and no at once. (Nicky: Saturday, July 19, 2003 at 2:03 pm)

All messages in this thread [show all]
-Comment about 'Getting rid of Icon Arrows' (CrookedRain: Sat, Apr 27, 2002, 2:54 pm)
-re: Comment about 'Getting rid of Icon Arrows' (Cliff Armstrong: Sat, Apr 27, 2002, 3:44 pm)
-re: Comment about 'Getting rid of Icon Arrows' (Tombo: Fri, Jan 28, 2005, 7:51 pm)
-re: Comment about 'Getting rid of Icon Arrows' (Cliff Armstrong: Sat, Jan 29, 2005, 10:09 am)
-re: Comment about 'Getting rid of Icon Arrows' (Alec Jones: Wed, Mar 2, 2005, 1:32 pm)
*re: Comment about 'Getting rid of Icon Arrows' (Alec Jones: Wed, Mar 2, 2005, 2:22 pm)
*re: Comment about 'Getting rid of Icon Arrows' (Mike Scirocco: Wed, Jun 6, 2007, 10:17 pm)
-re: Comment about 'Getting rid of Icon Arrows' (Larry: Sat, Apr 27, 2002, 3:51 pm)
-re: Comment about 'Getting rid of Icon Arrows' (Martin Goebel: Sun, Nov 17, 2002, 6:26 am)
*Yes and no at once. (Nicky: Sat, Jul 19, 2003, 2:03 pm)
*re: Comment about 'Getting rid of Icon Arrows' (janeil: Sun, Jul 27, 2003, 3:00 pm)
-re: Comment about 'Getting rid of Icon Arrows' (phantom: Sat, Apr 27, 2002, 4:30 pm)
-re: Comment about 'Getting rid of Icon Arrows' (chris: Wed, Feb 12, 2003, 9:00 pm)
-re: Comment about 'Getting rid of Icon Arrows' (phantom: Thu, Feb 13, 2003, 6:01 am)
*re: Comment about 'Getting rid of Icon Arrows' (chris: Thu, Feb 13, 2003, 2:03 pm)
-Reboot ,not Refresh.... (GM: Sat, Apr 27, 2002, 4:47 pm)
*Sorry to disagree, but... (Larry: Sat, Apr 27, 2002, 7:34 pm)
-So GM, you do agree that.. (gord: Sat, Apr 27, 2002, 7:57 pm)
*trigger happy, and.. (gord: Sat, Apr 27, 2002, 8:36 pm)
-re: agree (GM: Sun, Apr 28, 2002, 6:39 am)
*Give me a ****** break! (Larry: Sun, Apr 28, 2002, 11:55 am)
-Let's get real here! (Paul D: Sun, Apr 28, 2002, 12:10 am)
*Who said they were? (Larry: Sun, Apr 28, 2002, 12:15 pm)
-re: Comment about 'Getting rid of Icon Arrows' (Bobstur: Sun, Apr 28, 2002, 1:11 pm)
-people, you are great!! (CrookedRain: Wed, May 1, 2002, 6:23 am)
*re: people, you are great!! (Gonz: Wed, Jun 12, 2002, 12:25 pm)
-re: Comment about 'Getting rid of Icon Arrows' (Small Potatoes: Wed, Jun 26, 2002, 10:56 am)
-re: Comment about 'Getting rid of Icon Arrows' (Lee: Sat, Jul 20, 2002, 8:42 pm)
*re: Comment about 'Getting rid of Icon Arrows' (Small Potatoes: Sun, Jul 28, 2002, 7:30 am)
*re: Comment about 'Getting rid of Icon Arrows' (Robert Wallace: Sun, Sep 8, 2002, 9:48 am)
-So, does this mean TweakUI no longer works on anything??? (BobJ: Thu, Jan 8, 2004, 12:03 am)
*re: So, does this mean TweakUI no longer works on anything??? (Bobstur: Thu, Jan 8, 2004, 3:28 am)
-re: Comment about 'Getting rid of Icon Arrows' (Brentsen: Sat, Aug 10, 2002, 4:05 am)
*re: Comment about 'Getting rid of Icon Arrows' (Jean: Sat, Oct 26, 2002, 2:27 pm)
*re: Comment about 'Getting rid of Icon Arrows' (BobJ: Wed, Jan 7, 2004, 9:10 pm)
*re: Comment about 'Getting rid of Icon Arrows' (grrwood: Mon, Apr 4, 2005, 6:50 pm)
*re: Comment about 'Getting rid of Icon Arrows' (Meg Pixel: Thu, Sep 27, 2007, 7:32 am)
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