Getting rid of "- Shortcut"?

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Michael Cecil

Is there a way I've overlooked where newly created shortcuts don't have
-Shortcut appended to their names?
 
I'm not on Vista where I'm at, but somewhere within the display options
there's something called 'personalize'. Next, look for 'display desktop
icons'. Then, check which ones you want displayed (there are several - i.e.
IE, Network, Computer, Documents, etc.). That's what I did to avoid using
shortcuts. Hope this helps.
 
I'm not on Vista where I'm at, but somewhere within the display options
there's something called 'personalize'. Next, look for 'display desktop
icons'. Then, check which ones you want displayed (there are several - i.e.
IE, Network, Computer, Documents, etc.). That's what I did to avoid using
shortcuts. Hope this helps.
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I don't want to avoid using shortcuts, I want to prevent them from being
named "some program - Shortcut" when you right click on a file and drag it
to the desktop. In earlier versions of Windows, you'd get shortcuts named
as "Shortcut to some program" but you could disable that with a regedit or
TweakUI or even by just editing the name several times in a row
(supposedly although I never got that to work.)
 
Hy
You can do it with the same way as under XP. By editing Registery.

Start regedit
Navigate to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT/lnkfile
Delete the IsShortcut registry value.

But you have to know that this tweak will "disable" the favorites Links into
Explorer. This one will stay empty even the folder "Favorite Links" contains
shortcut. It appears that "Favorite Links" use the value "IsShortCut" to
know if it have tu display or not the things...
 
Le_Poilu said:
Hy
You can do it with the same way as under XP. By editing Registery.

Start regedit
Navigate to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT/lnkfile
Delete the IsShortcut registry value.

But you have to know that this tweak will "disable" the favorites Links into Explorer. This
one will stay empty even the folder "Favorite Links" contains shortcut. It appears that
"Favorite Links" use the value "IsShortCut" to know if it have tu display or not the
things...
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Thank you! It has been bugging me why my Favorite Links
did not have any favorites. You are the first person I have
seen post about this. Thank you! Makes sense now.

Take care,

Michael
 
Hy
You can do it with the same way as under XP. By editing Registery.

Start regedit
Navigate to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT/lnkfile
Delete the IsShortcut registry value.
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Doesn't that just delete the arrow graphic on shortcuts?
 
I just rename them..only takes 2 seconds
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Sure, but if it was annoying to so many people that they wrote part of
TweakUI to fix it before you'd think there would be a way to disable that
behavior now.
 
Oups you right! I make a mistake.

By the way for your question the answer is the same as under XP too.

Edit this Registry Key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Link
To : 00 00 00 00
After restarting Explorer process the mention "-shortcut" will desappear.
 
Oups you right! I make a mistake.

By the way for your question the answer is the same as under XP too.

Edit this Registry Key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Link
To : 00 00 00 00
After restarting Explorer process the mention "-shortcut" will desappear.
Click to expand...

Thanks, that's just what I was looking for. :)
 
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