Vista - Removing "Shortcut" word after creating a shortcut?

If you create a shortcut to a program in Vista into a folder, the shortcut gets the word "- Shortcut" at the end of it. But I can already see it's a shortcut by looking at the arrow on the lower-left of its icon. Is there a way to stop it adding "Shortcut" to the end of a shortcut each time? I dislike renaming it all the time.

Good question!
However, I'd rather have it at the end than at the beginning like XP. There may be a Registry hack to remove that.

--
Keith


"nLinked" <nLinked@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:4D648777-3A18-4315-B51E-3ADBD79E5A4A@microsoft.com...
If you create a shortcut to a program in Vista into a folder, the shortcut gets the word "- Shortcut" at the end of it. But I can already see it's a shortcut by looking at the arrow on the lower-left of its icon. Is there a way to stop it adding "Shortcut" to the end of a shortcut each time? I dislike renaming it all the time.

Save the text between the lines as a .reg file. Then merge the file.

-------------------------------------------------
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer]
"link"=hex:00,00,00,00

-------------------------------------------------


--
Good Luck,

Keith
Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]

"nLinked" <nLinked@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:4D648777-3A18-4315-B51E-3ADBD79E5A4A@microsoft.com...
If you create a shortcut to a program in Vista into a folder, the shortcut
gets the word "- Shortcut" at the end of it. But I can already see it's a
shortcut by looking at the arrow on the lower-left of its icon. Is there a
way to stop it adding "Shortcut" to the end of a shortcut each time? I
dislike renaming it all the time.

Thank you, Keith! It has worked! I shall keep this registry key in-case I
need it in future.

Regards,

nLinked

"Keith Miller MVP" <k.miller79@no.spam.verizon.net> wrote in message
news:#NJ6f65VHHA.392@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> Save the text between the lines as a .reg file. Then merge the file.
>
> -------------------------------------------------
> Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
>
> [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer]
> "link"=hex:00,00,00,00
>
> -------------------------------------------------
>
>
> --
> Good Luck,
>
> Keith
> Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
>
> "nLinked" <nLinked@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:4D648777-3A18-4315-B51E-3ADBD79E5A4A@microsoft.com...
> If you create a shortcut to a program in Vista into a folder, the shortcut
> gets the word "- Shortcut" at the end of it. But I can already see it's a
> shortcut by looking at the arrow on the lower-left of its icon. Is there a
> way to stop it adding "Shortcut" to the end of a shortcut each time? I
> dislike renaming it all the time.

You're welcome.


--
Good Luck,

Keith
Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]

"nLinked" <nLinked@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:F392C69C-4573-4F1B-A666-017C1883363B@microsoft.com...
> Thank you, Keith! It has worked! I shall keep this registry key in-case I
> need it in future.
>
> Regards,
>
> nLinked
>
> "Keith Miller MVP" <k.miller79@no.spam.verizon.net> wrote in message
> news:#NJ6f65VHHA.392@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>> Save the text between the lines as a .reg file. Then merge the file.
>>
>> -------------------------------------------------
>> Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
>>
>> [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer]
>> "link"=hex:00,00,00,00
>>
>> -------------------------------------------------
>>
>>
>> --
>> Good Luck,
>>
>> Keith
>> Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
>>
>> "nLinked" <nLinked@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:4D648777-3A18-4315-B51E-3ADBD79E5A4A@microsoft.com...
>> If you create a shortcut to a program in Vista into a folder, the
>> shortcut gets the word "- Shortcut" at the end of it. But I can already
>> see it's a shortcut by looking at the arrow on the lower-left of its
>> icon. Is there a way to stop it adding "Shortcut" to the end of a
>> shortcut each time? I dislike renaming it all the time.
>

In article <#NJ6f65VHHA.392@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl>, Keith Miller MVP says...

> Save the text between the lines as a .reg file. Then merge the file.
>
> -------------------------------------------------
> Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
>
> [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer]
> "link"=hex:00,00,00,00
>
> -------------------------------------------------
>
>
>
Doesn't work for me!! Even after I rebooted, still get the Shortcut in the
name.
--
Mike

It doesn't change the name of existing shortcuts, just changes the naming of
new ones.

If you tried creating a new shortcut after the merge but before rebooting,
you overwrote the value.

Check it in Regedit.


--
Good Luck,

Keith
Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]

"Mike" <mikemathenyathoustondotrrdotcom> wrote in message
news:MPG.2081eb866554e0e9989680@msnews.microsoft.com...
> In article <#NJ6f65VHHA.392@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl>, Keith Miller MVP
> says...
>
>> Save the text between the lines as a .reg file. Then merge the file.
>>
>> -------------------------------------------------
>> Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
>>
>> [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer]
>> "link"=hex:00,00,00,00
>>
>> -------------------------------------------------
>>
>>
>>
> Doesn't work for me!! Even after I rebooted, still get the Shortcut in the
> name.
> --
> Mike

That value you are changing used to be 15 (now is 30) and every time you
created a shortcut, then renamed it straight away removing Shortcut To, it
would subtract 5 from the 15. When it got to 0 it no longer prefix Shortcut
To to a new shortcut. Hopefully this sort of crap, secret and non
predictable behaviour, is now dead.

While being automated seems gone, setting the value to 0 does work. Look in
the registry as if you stuffed up the file it won't change but still appears
it worked.
"Mike" <mikemathenyathoustondotrrdotcom> wrote in message
news:MPG.2081eb866554e0e9989680@msnews.microsoft.com...
> In article <#NJ6f65VHHA.392@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl>, Keith Miller MVP
> says...
>
>> Save the text between the lines as a .reg file. Then merge the file.
>>
>> -------------------------------------------------
>> Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
>>
>> [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer]
>> "link"=hex:00,00,00,00
>>
>> -------------------------------------------------
>>
>>
>>
> Doesn't work for me!! Even after I rebooted, still get the Shortcut in the
> name.
> --
> Mike

In article <ua3duxaeHHA.3956@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl>, Keith Miller MVP says...

> It doesn't change the name of existing shortcuts, just changes the naming of
> new ones.
>
> If you tried creating a new shortcut after the merge but before rebooting,
> you overwrote the value.
>
> Check it in Regedit.
>
>
>
Aha! I tried before rebooting - rebooting seems to have done the trick! Thanx!
--
Mike

You're welcome. Glad it's sorted.


--
Good Luck,

Keith
Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]

"Mike" <mikemathenyathoustondotrrdotcom> wrote in message
news:MPG.2082daaf3b62cdbd989681@msnews.microsoft.com...
> In article <ua3duxaeHHA.3956@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl>, Keith Miller MVP
> says...
>
>> It doesn't change the name of existing shortcuts, just changes the naming
>> of
>> new ones.
>>
>> If you tried creating a new shortcut after the merge but before
>> rebooting,
>> you overwrote the value.
>>
>> Check it in Regedit.
>>
>>
>>
> Aha! I tried before rebooting - rebooting seems to have done the trick!
> Thanx!
> --
> Mike