Lenovo ThinkPad X201 Tablet - Remove Windows 7 Shortcut Arrows

Program shortcuts on your desktop will have an arrow. These arrows indicates that it is a shortcut. These arrows in a way clutter your desktop and if you remove them your shortcuts will look "cleaner".

Download a registry to remove arrows at mydigitallife.info


If you run into "black boxes" you can fix it by doing this:

FIX FOR BLACK BOXES HERE
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WINDOWS 7 TESTED ONLY
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1. Open “regedit”
2. Navigate to
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Icons
3. Right click and delete the “Shell Icons” folder from your registry.
4. Reboot

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This has worked for me, and I have rebooted 3 times in a row; I see no reason for it to go back to black boxes.

Thanks to Jordan for the black boxes fix.

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