Shortcut Arrows

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Jeff

Hi,

Anyone still have a link to that app that let's ya get rid of shortcut
arrows?
The one that causes no issues?


Jeff
(we don't need no stinkin arrows)
QL convert
 
Tweak UI is one app but I don't think there is one for Vista yet.

How's everything at duh.edu?


Registry Settings
System Key:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\
Shell Icons]
Value Name: 29
Data Type: REG_SZ (String Value)
Value Data: Icon Filename

To Change the Icon:
Open the key [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\
Explorer\Shell Icons] and create a new string value, or modify the existing
value, called '29'. Set it to equal the filename, including path, for the
icon you want to use for the shortcut arrow. By setting this to a blank icon
it has a similar effect to the removal method above, without the side
effects.

Restart Windows for the changes to take effect.


CH
 
Still on vaca, but tying up loose ends,

Can't get Dr. OMG to track down a good WMP icon that'll play nice.
Seems he's out on sabbatical-
dang tenure

Chad Harris said:
Tweak UI is one app but I don't think there is one for Vista yet.

How's everything at duh.edu?


Registry Settings
System Key:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\
Shell Icons]
Value Name: 29
Data Type: REG_SZ (String Value)
Value Data: Icon Filename

To Change the Icon:
Open the key
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\
Explorer\Shell Icons] and create a new string value, or modify the
existing value, called '29'. Set it to equal the filename, including path,
for the icon you want to use for the shortcut arrow. By setting this to a
blank icon it has a similar effect to the removal method above, without
the side effects.

Restart Windows for the changes to take effect.


CH


Jeff said:
Hi,

Anyone still have a link to that app that let's ya get rid of shortcut
arrows?
The one that causes no issues?


Jeff
(we don't need no stinkin arrows)
QL convert
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There is a knock off called TweakVI. It runs but whether it is baked enough
to use is something I don't know. I haven't been gutsy enough to do more
than download it and see if it at least runs.
 
If you do a little searchin' you can download a WMP icon you like. I told
you when I tried to sub from my favicon stash WMP didn't open until I
rebooted. There could have been a lot of reasons. I didn't bother to see if
Event Viewer had anything that would have shed light.

CH


Jeff said:
Still on vaca, but tying up loose ends,

Can't get Dr. OMG to track down a good WMP icon that'll play nice.
Seems he's out on sabbatical-
dang tenure

Chad Harris said:
Tweak UI is one app but I don't think there is one for Vista yet.

How's everything at duh.edu?


Registry Settings
System Key:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\
Shell Icons]
Value Name: 29
Data Type: REG_SZ (String Value)
Value Data: Icon Filename

To Change the Icon:
Open the key
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\
Explorer\Shell Icons] and create a new string value, or modify the
existing value, called '29'. Set it to equal the filename, including
path, for the icon you want to use for the shortcut arrow. By setting
this to a blank icon it has a similar effect to the removal method above,
without the side effects.

Restart Windows for the changes to take effect.


CH


Jeff said:
Hi,

Anyone still have a link to that app that let's ya get rid of
shortcut arrows?
The one that causes no issues?


Jeff
(we don't need no stinkin arrows)
QL convert
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
I gave it a workout. It seems to work fine; I have the full version of
Tweak XP. It wants you to use a 1024X 768 low display resolution to work
best for whatever reason.

CH
 
Hmm
yup,
grabbed icons-lots of them, just to see which I liked, but

they'll work for awhile,then if I install something-even something
completely different(lol), and reboot,
the imported icon goes funky on me and I get that generic weird no icon/icon

Now; for something completely different-lol

Happy New Year(soon)

Jeff

Chad Harris said:
If you do a little searchin' you can download a WMP icon you like. I told
you when I tried to sub from my favicon stash WMP didn't open until I
rebooted. There could have been a lot of reasons. I didn't bother to see
if Event Viewer had anything that would have shed light.

CH


Jeff said:
Still on vaca, but tying up loose ends,

Can't get Dr. OMG to track down a good WMP icon that'll play nice.
Seems he's out on sabbatical-
dang tenure

Chad Harris said:
Tweak UI is one app but I don't think there is one for Vista yet.

How's everything at duh.edu?


Registry Settings
System Key:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\
Shell Icons]
Value Name: 29
Data Type: REG_SZ (String Value)
Value Data: Icon Filename

To Change the Icon:
Open the key
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\
Explorer\Shell Icons] and create a new string value, or modify the
existing value, called '29'. Set it to equal the filename, including
path, for the icon you want to use for the shortcut arrow. By setting
this to a blank icon it has a similar effect to the removal method
above, without the side effects.

Restart Windows for the changes to take effect.


CH


Hi,

Anyone still have a link to that app that let's ya get rid of
shortcut arrows?
The one that causes no issues?


Jeff
(we don't need no stinkin arrows)
QL convert
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
In my experience, neither of these pieces of software works properly...
TweakVI has adware... on install my anti-virus generated this error:

2/28/2006 7:26:38 PM SYSTEM 2028 Sign of "Win32:Adloader-IC [Trj]" has been
found in "C:\Program Files\TweakVI\TweakVI.exe" file.

The frameworkx app leaves the icons as a dark square when you reboot or
log-off/on...
 
Hmm,

Not here it doesn't.
Frameworkx works fine in Vista RTM 32bit for me.
Vista does need Java 6 JRE to be installed,
for lots off apps to render properly though.

Jeff
(workin fine-with no stinkin arrows-lol)

Tim Bostonia said:
In my experience, neither of these pieces of software works properly...
TweakVI has adware... on install my anti-virus generated this error:

2/28/2006 7:26:38 PM SYSTEM 2028 Sign of "Win32:Adloader-IC [Trj]" has
been found in "C:\Program Files\TweakVI\TweakVI.exe" file.

The frameworkx app leaves the icons as a dark square when you reboot or
log-off/on...
Click to expand...
 
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