2011-09-16

Remove "Shortcut" Text From New Shortcuts in Windows

How annoying we feel to every time edit a shortcut we just created to remove the words 'Shortcut' from it? Wouldn't it be great if we could get rid of this? 




You can see the the 'Shortcut' added to my D: drive.
Follow these steps to get rid of this :
Start-> Search for 'regedit'-> On the left hand side of the window go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER-> Software-> Microsoft-> Windows-> Current Version ->Explorer -> Click it.
Now, on the right hand side you'll find a word just named 'link' with a default value of 1e 00 00 00. Open this key up and only change the 1e with  00 instead, that will leave you with 00 00 00 00.

You’ll have to log off and then back on to make this change take effect. Please note that this won’t affect existing shortcuts, only shortcuts that you create from now on.
To change the setting back, just change back to the 1e value, log off and back on.
Enjoy! Comment!