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Old 05-22-2007  
Brink


Vista x64 Ultimate SP2, Windows 7 Ultimate x64
 
 

Shortcut Arrow

How to Remove or Change the Shortcut Arrow and Name in Vista


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Last edited by Brink; 05-07-2009 at 06:49 PM..
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Old 08-12-2008  
Brink


Vista x64 Ultimate SP2, Windows 7 Ultimate x64
 
 

Re: Shortcut Arrow

Hi Maslib, and welcome to Vista Forums.

That method was for XP and is not recommended for Vista. If you delete the registry entry IsShortCut, then the Favorite Links in Windows Explorer disappear. Another problem occurs with the Media Center and Games Explorer, their shortcuts may be displayed, but they don't work when you click on them. The method used in the tutorial program replaces the shortcut arrow file responsible with a transparent one instead. This way the above still works with no or changed shortcut arrows.

Shawn

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Old 09-01-2008  
hsrstud


Vista Home Premium 64bit
 
 

Re: Shortcut Arrow

I have a 64-bit machine. When I installed the x64 version of Vista Shortcut Manager and tried to apply the change, I received the following unhandled exception message:

Code:
 
See the end of this message for details on invoking 
just-in-time (JIT) debugging instead of this dialog box.
 
************** Exception Text **************
System.ComponentModel.Win32Exception: The system cannot find the file specified
at System.Diagnostics.Process.StartWithCreateProcess(ProcessStartInfo startInfo)
at VistaArrowGone.Form1.btApply_Click(Object sender, EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.OnClick(EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Button.OnMouseUp(MouseEventArgs mevent)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmMouseUp(Message& m, MouseButtons button, Int32 clicks)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.ButtonBase.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Button.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)
 
 
************** Loaded Assemblies **************
mscorlib
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.1434 (REDBITS.050727-1400)
CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/Microsoft.NET/Framework64/v2.0.50727/mscorlib.dll
----------------------------------------
FxVisor
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.0.0
CodeBase: file:///C:/Program%20Files/Frameworkx/FxVisor/FxVisor.exe
----------------------------------------
System.Windows.Forms
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.1434 (REDBITS.050727-1400)
CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Windows.Forms/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Windows.Forms.dll
----------------------------------------
System
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.1434 (REDBITS.050727-1400)
CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.dll
----------------------------------------
System.Drawing
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.1434 (REDBITS.050727-1400)
CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Drawing/2.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/System.Drawing.dll
----------------------------------------
System.Configuration
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.1434 (REDBITS.050727-1400)
CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Configuration/2.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/System.Configuration.dll
----------------------------------------
System.Xml
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.1434 (REDBITS.050727-1400)
CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Xml/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Xml.dll
----------------------------------------
 
************** JIT Debugging **************
To enable just-in-time (JIT) debugging, the .config file for this
application or computer (machine.config) must have the
jitDebugging value set in the system.windows.forms section.
The application must also be compiled with debugging
enabled.
 
For example:
 
<configuration>
<system.windows.forms jitDebugging="true" />
</configuration>
 
When JIT debugging is enabled, any unhandled exception
will be sent to the JIT debugger registered on the computer
rather than be handled by this dialog box.
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Old 09-01-2008  
Brink


Vista x64 Ultimate SP2, Windows 7 Ultimate x64
 
 

Re: Shortcut Arrow

Hello Hsrstud, and welcome to Vista Forums.

You might double check to make sure that you have downloaded and installed the 64 bit version and not the 32 bit one by mistake.

Do you have UAC turned on? If not, turn it on and see if it will run properly afterwards.

User Account Control (UAC)

Hope this helps,
Shawn
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Old 09-02-2008  
hsrstud


Vista Home Premium 64bit
 
 

Re: Shortcut Arrow

Fortunately, when I clicked on the Continue button on the error window, the arrows changed. I'm not sure why there was an error message, but it seems to have worked.
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Old 09-02-2008  
Brink


Vista x64 Ultimate SP2, Windows 7 Ultimate x64
 
 

Re: Shortcut Arrow

Hsrstud,

I'm happy to hear that it still worked for you. Did you have UAC turned on or off?
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Old 09-02-2008  
hsrstud


Vista Home Premium 64bit
 
 

Re: Shortcut Arrow

It was turned on.
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Old 09-02-2008  
Brink


Vista x64 Ultimate SP2, Windows 7 Ultimate x64
 
 

Re: Shortcut Arrow

Um, I'm not sure what may have caused you to get that error. You might report it to Frameworkx to see if it something that they may need to update the program for, and to see what they say about it.
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Old 09-02-2008  
hsrstud


Vista Home Premium 64bit
 
 

Re: Shortcut Arrow

No matter. All's well that ends well!
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Old 11-05-2008  
BleepingCrazy


Ultimate x64 SP1
 
 

Re: Shortcut Arrow

Hi guys,

that arrow was driving me nuts. I didn't really like the one used by Vista Shortcut Manager either...a bit flamboyant for me. LOL

here are 2 icon files to use with Vista Shortcut Manager (both taken form the shell32.dll)...right-click and save as:

default (sized down by yours truly): "shell32 264_SB-sized.ico"
black/white one: "shell32 030_shortcutArrow.ico"

EDIT: what kinda icon sizes you guys using? i'm using 32x32 on my 22" wide screen.
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Last edited by BleepingCrazy; 11-06-2008 at 11:53 AM..
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Old 12-12-2008  
parodysrivas


Vista Home Premium
 
 

Re: Shortcut Arrow

hello there, I have used the tweak (sorry, don't really know how to call it) in the past, a couple of months to be exact and has worked with no problems, but this morning I fired up my machine and this has happened:


so, if you would be soooo kind please...to help me with this!!
the laptop works perfect, is just very anoying to see my desktop like this. Thanks in advance.
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