Hide the shortcut mark from an Internet shortcut (.URL) file.

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This setting will hide the shortcut mark from any new Internet shortcut (*.URL) you create.
Level: Recommended For Novice Users
Description:
Whenever you create any internet shortcut, windows adds the white arrow in the left corner of a shortcut. Through this setting, you can hide shortcut mark on any new internet shortcut you create. Hiding the arrow for *.url files will also disable any shortcut key defined for your internet shortcuts. For this, go to start > run menu, enter regedit and navigate to the registry path listed below. Now, delete the string value "isshortcut" from the right panel. The changes take effect after a restart or logoff. Note: windows is not able to recognize a internet shortcut as a shortcut due to this setting. This thing makes windows to open the "open with .." dialog box instead of executing the program. When editing the registry it is highly recommended to run a quick scan for optimization, you can test your system now for free.




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First, click the 'Start' button, and select 'Run'. In the resulting dialog box, type "regedit".
Finally, go to the <b>[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\InternetShortcut\]</b> key, right-click on the "IsShortcut" String value and click on "Delete".


Registry Entries

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  • Path: [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\InternetShortcut\]
  • Location: Root
  • Value Name: IsShortcut
  • Data Type: REG_SZ (String Value)
  • Action Type: Deleted


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