HOW TO BRING BACK THE ARROW SIGN IN SHORTCUT ICONS WHICH IS DISAPPEARED.....

what did you do for removing them?

get the tweak ui powertoy for windows xp.

after you do that and finish installing it, run it, and look at the explorer tree on the left.

go to explorer>shortcuts>and select which arrow you want, or none at all.

CAPS LOCK IS CRUISE CONTROL FOR COOL

IM SUH FLYZ

OMGZ PLZ HLP K THX

Jesus fucking christ plucking his hamstrings and tapdancing to Fallout Boy.

Now that's a phrase I haven't heard..

i did the following things for removing the arrow-------------------

Copy and Paste the following code into Notepad and save it as "Remove Shortcut Arrows.reg" (without the quotes)


Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\lnkfile]
@="Shortcut"
"EditFlags"=dword:00000001
"FriendlyTypeName"="@shell32.dll,-4153"
"NeverShowExt"=""




Manual Installation of this tweak

1. Open Regedit (Start -> Run -> type "Regedit") (withoutquotes)

2. Navigate to:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT -> lnkfile (LNKFILE)

3. Delete the following key "IsShorcut"

4. Close REGEDIT and Restart your computer.



After applying this tweak it is necessary for you to RESTART your machine so the new settings take effect.

so...just repair you registry, theres a registry repairer in tweak ui

from where can i get tweak ui??????

Windows XP have a very nice tool for restoring to a previous state named: System Restore ...

yaaaa i know it but never used system restore..can u tell me how to use it.......
actually i'm just a beginner......& a student.....

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppow
ertoys.mspx

then it's urgent to play it safe

u will find system restore in start menu under accessories/system tools/system restore

and here's a tip ETHANE, before you custo your pc, learn the os, switching from my 98 to xp about a year back was really annoying as far as customization goes, i got used to xp however.

i didn't touch regedit for a long time, i still avoid having to use it whenever possible.

actually i love doing changes in my system & learning new things......that's why i did this...
& by the way wt. do mean by custo??????

custo, as in customize...

hey can u tell me wt. is the use of the notepad file which i saved as """"" .reg """" file while removing the arrow sign??????

ok cuto stands for customize......thanxxxxxxx.

.reg means its a registry entry, srry for late reply, i'm a little busy :/

i know that .reg stands for registry file.......but wt. is the use of the file which i saved?????

hey i tried tweak ui.......i made several changes....all worked except wt. i wanted......i.e.the arrow didn't came again.....so wt. should i do now????

did you go to the repair menu and select registry?

and can you please type out the word "what" instead of typing wt.?

its a little confuzzling

I agree with duskt: TweakUI is the best for that sort of stuff.

ya, it tk. me a wl. to fgr. ot. wt. "wt." mnt.

ya, lk., i fel. th. sm. wy.

omg i wt. to st. a nw. thrd.

Ethane. I don't mean to offend, but learn to type. You come off as a 10 year old, and I'm being generous there.

ys. yu. ar. alx.

Just like to point out that Ethane's first language is not English.

How well can you type Hindi?

It's not that, he's just typing terribly. I don't think not knowing a language is an excuse for that.

actually i'm too addicted to orkut.that's why i write in that manner. now i think this time i'm not so childish in my language.
and yes colossus rightly said my 1st language is not english.
but yes i can type it better than anyone else.

you must have seen this in the above paragraph.

i know this post is two years old, but i found a solution.
and im posting this just incase anyone googles the problem. hope they end up here...
anyways, to fix the "missing shortcut arrows" on regular shortcuts...
press the START button, click RUN,
type in "regedit" without quotes... press enter
registry editor should come up, goto the
"HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT" folder, then in there, go to the "lnkfile" folder
once in there on the right panel it should show some registry keys.
now right click the blank space on the right panel, and create a new "string value".
set the name to "isShortcut", once created right click it and "modify", set the value to "1".
and there. you now have your shortcut arrows back ;D
you may have to restart EXPLORER.EXE to see the effect.. or refresh the desktop (F5), but the changes will take effect soon...

-ZZREZZ