Disable Arrow Overlays In Shortcut Icons

Posted on February 13, 2007 by Captain Johnny Bowen | Vista Hacks

If you hate how Vista adds those huge arrows to your shortcut icons or you just want to clean up your desktop this hack is for you. This super quick and easy registry tweak will get rid of the arrow overlays.

First download Blank.zip and unzip it. Move the blank.ico file to your Windows directory aka C:\Windows.
Now download HideArrow.zip and unzip it. Now double click on the registry file to patch the system registry.

Restart your computer and those annoying arrows should be gone from your shortcuts. ^_^