Shortcut arrows

Get rid of those annoying little arrows on Windows desktop shortcuts.

Assumed knowledge

In order to use this tip, I assume that you are familiar with creating shortcuts in some flavour of Windows from 95 onwards. I also assume that you know how to edit the registry and are aware of this dangers that this entails should you make a mistake.

Make sure that you backup the registry before trying out this tip. If you don't know how to do this then you shouldn't try to use this tip until you do.

Howto

Open the regedit program
Expand the tree called HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT
Scroll down to the folder called Lnkfile and select it
Delete the key called IS_Shortcut under the Lnkfile folder
Reboot your computer for changes to take effect

If this method doesn't work, you might want to have a look at Tweak UI, which is a really useful application for Windows that can perform a lot of small user interface changes for you.