William Beaver asked for 'a simple, safe' way to remove the arrows from the shortcuts on his desktop.
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Shortcuts point to files--usually but not always programs--that are stored elsewhere on your drive. If you drag and drop a program from the Start menu to the desktop, you create a shortcut to the original program. To make it clear that it's a shortcut and not the original file, Windows displays an arrow in the lower-left corner of the icon.
If you don't like the arrows, you can turn them off by editing the Windows Registry. But William asked for a safe solution, so I'm offering an easier, less dangerous way to make the change.
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And that way involves using the Windows Club's free and portable program, Ultimate Windows Tweaker. Since it's portable, you don't have to install it onto your PC.
If you're using Windows 8, you need the latest version, Ultimate Windows Tweaker 3 for Windows 8. The first time you launch it, it will ask if you want to create a restore point. You do.
Once it's up, click Customization in the left pane, then click the File Explorer tab. Click the Remove Shortcut Arrows From Shortcut Icons button. The change happens immediately.
If you're using Windows 7 or an earlier version, the Club recommends the older Ultimate Windows Tweaker version 2. Unzip and load the program. Then click Additional Tweaks in the left pane. Check Remove arrows from Shortcut Icons. The changes won't take place until you click Apply, then Close, and then reboot (or at least log off and on).
Most programs allow you to click Apply or Close. But this one only works if you do one, and then the other.
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What Are Blue Arrows On Icons On Desktop
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In the lower left corner of some of the icons on your Windows desktop, you may see a small white box with a blue arrow. An arrow pointing up and to the right indicates that the icon is a shortcut. Some editions of Norton security software also use icon overlays to indicate file status.
Shortcut Arrows
Windows uses icon overlays to tell you more about the status of the file that the icon represents. A small white box containing a blue left-to-right diagonal arrow with a slight curve tells you that the icon is a shortcut -- the program or file is not located on your desktop but is somewhere else on the computer. For example, programs typically have a shortcut arrow as they are usually located in the Program Files folder.
Norton Backup Status Overlays
Norton uses icon overlays to indicate the backup status of your files. Files that are fully backed up have a green box with a check mark. Files excluded from backups have a gray overlay. Files which have not yet been backed up have a small white box with a downward-pointing blue arrow. Half life antagonist.
Removing Windows Shortcut Icon Overlays Manually
You can get rid of the blue arrow from your shortcut icons by manually deleting the registry key associated with shortcut overlays. The Windows registry is a very important database of settings and options; deleting or changing the wrong entry can stop your computer from working properly, or at all. For this reason, you should only attempt manual removal if you are very experienced in working with the Windows registry.
Removing Windows Shortcut Icon Overlays with a Utility
A safer option than editing the Windows registry is to download and run a utility that removes or alters the icon overlays. A utility such as Vista Shortcut Overlay Remover has the added advantage of allowing you to remove icon overlays completely, or to have a smaller overlay. Vista Shortcut Overlay Remover works with Windows 7 32-bit as well; there is a separate version for Windows XP and for Windows 7 64-bit.
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