How to Remove Shortcut Arrow in Windows 7 & 8

Posted by Britt Duncan - July 8, 2014

To make computer desktop a bit cleaner, some computer users want to remove the little arrows from their shortcut icons. If you don’t like the arrows on shortcut icons, you can follow this tutorial to remove them.
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1. Press Win + R keys to open Run box and enter “regedit”, click Ok button.
run box

2. Navigate to the registry key below when you are in Registry Editor window.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Icons

If you can’t find the Shell Icons under Explorer key, you need to right click Explorer and select New -> Key. And type Shell Icons for the new key’s name.

3. Click the Shell Icons, and right click on an empty area in the right pane. Select New -> String Value, and set 29 as the new value’s name.
29 string value