Remove Shortcut Arrow From Desktop Icons Completely.

To remove shortcut arrow from desktop icons in any type of document :


a) Perform instructions described under 'Remove shortcut arrow from desktop icons'. For your convenience, steps 1 to 3 are reported here.
b) Perform instructions described under 'Remove shortcut arrow from desktop icons (2)'. For your convenience, steps 4 and 5 are reported here.
c)And finally, do the same with conferencelink, docshortcut, internetshortcut, and wshfile.





So, here is a summary of all actions :

1)Start regedit.
2)Navigate to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT/Inkfile.
3)Delete the IsShortcut registry value.
4)Navigate to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT/piffile.
5)Delete the IsShortcut registry value.

6)Navigate to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT/ConferenceLink.

7)Delete the IsShortcut registry value.

8)Navigate to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT/DocShortCut.

9)Delete the IsShortcut registry value.

10)Navigate to HKEY_CLASSES_Root/InternetShortcut.

11)Delete the IsShortcut registry value.

12)Navigate to HKEY_CLASSES_Root//WSHFile.

13)Delete the IsShortcut registry value.

14)Close regedit.

Log Off and Enjoyyy !!

Note : Please note that in some cases deactivating the arrow for *.LNK files might lead to duplicate items in the Explorer Context menu.