Remove Shortcut Arrows in Windows XP desktop icons

Desktop Shortcut Icons are often associated with a shortcut arrow by default on Windows, and if you find them annoying and want to remove the shortcut arrow on icons, here’s what you have to do:

• Go to Start >> Run
• Type regedit.exe and hit enter
• Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\
  Explorer\Shell Icons. If this key doesn’t exist, create one.
• Create a new string value under this key by right clicking and name it as 29
• Set its value to C:\WINDOWS\system32\shell32.dll,52
• Close the Registry editor, and restart your computer for changes to take effect

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