How to remove the small arrow

  
in the Windows 8 system shortcut

Symptom:

The shortcut small arrow can be easily used for identification, but it also affects the experience. So some friends want to get rid of it. Let's take a look at the specific operation method.

Solution:

1. Right-click on the desktop and select “New”---“Folder” from the pop-up menu and open;

2. Click the “File” button in the upper left corner of the folder, and tick the box on the right side of the file extension " and close it.

3. Right-click on the desktop and select “New”---“Text Document” from the pop-up menu and name it “Remove the arrow”.

4. Paste the following code into a text file:

reg add "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionExplorerShell Icons" /v 29 /d "%systemroot%system32imageres.dll,197" /t reg_sz /f

taskkill /f /im explorer.exe

attrib -s -r -h "%userprofile%AppDataLocaliconcache.db"

del "%userprofile%AppDataLocaliconcache .db" /f /q

start explorer

pause

5. After saving the changes, change the suffix of the arrow "and remove the arrow" to bat and click &ldquo ; is ”;

6. Then right click on “ remove the arrow .bat” file, click “run as administrator", click the "OK" button in the warning window that pops up. Then I found that the desktop icon shortcut small arrow disappeared.

7. Similarly, if you want to restore the shortcut small arrow, just change the contents of the text file to the following:

reg delete "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionExplorerShell Icons" /v 29 /f

taskkill /f /im explorer.exe

attrib -s -r -h "%userprofile%AppDataLocaliconcache.db"

del "%userprofile%AppDataLocaliconcache. Db" /f /q

start explorer

pause

Then run as administrator again.

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