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stevemiller
Jul 10, 2004, 9:02:11 PM7/10/04
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I want to remove all the "shortcut to"s from beneath the
desktop icons. Manually renaming often makes the icon
nonfunctional. I vaguely remember seeing a tweak for this
somewhere and have tried kelly's korner and tweak UI with
no luck. A google search returned tons of tweaks for
removing the shortcut arrow from the icons but none for
removing the words "shortcut to" under the icon. This is
bothersome because the title of the application is often
not showing or some of it shows then ends in three dots.
(...)
desktop icons. Manually renaming often makes the icon
nonfunctional. I vaguely remember seeing a tweak for this
somewhere and have tried kelly's korner and tweak UI with
no luck. A google search returned tons of tweaks for
removing the shortcut arrow from the icons but none for
removing the words "shortcut to" under the icon. This is
bothersome because the title of the application is often
not showing or some of it shows then ends in three dots.
(...)
Rocket J. Squirrel
Jul 10, 2004, 9:11:59 PM7/10/04
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That setting is indeed in TweakUI for XP. Look under the settings for
Explorer (in the left column.)
Explorer (in the left column.)
Rocky
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anon...@discussions.microsoft.com
Jul 10, 2004, 10:28:49 PM7/10/04
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>I just right click on the icon click rename click in the
box to get it to turn white from blue put the curser at
the end of shotcut,and backspace till it's gone,then
click outside the box and it's changed BINGO !
stevemiller
Jul 11, 2004, 12:34:37 AM7/11/04
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Thanks... Both ideas seem to be working though I had to
first check the box in Tweak UI/ Explorer "prefix shortcut
to new shortcuts on the desktop", apply the setting then
uncheck the box and apply and log off before it would stop
adding "shortcut to" a new shortcut. The icons
with "shortcut to" already in place I am editing (renaming)
with good luck so far. I recall once trying to delete that
prefix from some shortcuts and windows could no longer
find the file associated with it. Maybe I deleted more
than I should have or it was a freak error.
first check the box in Tweak UI/ Explorer "prefix shortcut
to new shortcuts on the desktop", apply the setting then
uncheck the box and apply and log off before it would stop
adding "shortcut to" a new shortcut. The icons
with "shortcut to" already in place I am editing (renaming)
with good luck so far. I recall once trying to delete that
prefix from some shortcuts and windows could no longer
find the file associated with it. Maybe I deleted more
than I should have or it was a freak error.
Thanks again...
>.
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David Candy
Jul 11, 2004, 12:50:33 AM7/11/04
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If you had of renamed the shortcuts as you created them the fifth one would have realised you didn't want Shortcut To anymore.
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