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Remove "-Shortcut" from new shortcuts
Windows Vista Home Premium
Service Pack 2 Single user -------------------------------- How do remove "-Shortcut" when creating new shortcuts ? Any help or advice appreciated eXistenZ |
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Remove "-Shortcut" from new shortcuts
Found an answer:
http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windo...cuts-in-vista/ "eXistenZ" wrote in message ... Windows Vista Home Premium Service Pack 2 Single user -------------------------------- How do remove "-Shortcut" when creating new shortcuts ? Any help or advice appreciated eXistenZ |
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Remove "-Shortcut" from new shortcuts
AFAIK the only way to do it is to manually rename the shortcut
Chris "eXistenZ" wrote in message ... Windows Vista Home Premium Service Pack 2 Single user -------------------------------- How do remove "-Shortcut" when creating new shortcuts ? Any help or advice appreciated eXistenZ |
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Remove "-Shortcut" from new shortcuts
An alternate fix is to download a program from - Frameworkx.com
Vista Shortcut Manager\FxVisor This will allow you to remove - shortcut - from the name and resize or remove the shortcut arrow. Good luck, Badger "eXistenZ" wrote in message ... Windows Vista Home Premium Service Pack 2 Single user -------------------------------- How do remove "-Shortcut" when creating new shortcuts ? Any help or advice appreciated eXistenZ |
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Remove "-Shortcut" from new shortcuts
eXistenZ wrote:
Windows Vista Home Premium Service Pack 2 Single user -------------------------------- How do remove "-Shortcut" when creating new shortcuts ? Any help or advice appreciated eXistenZ http://www.winhelponline.com/article...ows-Vista.html Dave T. |
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Remove "-Shortcut" from new shortcuts
Thankyou to all who replied.
"eXistenZ" wrote in message ... Windows Vista Home Premium Service Pack 2 Single user -------------------------------- How do remove "-Shortcut" when creating new shortcuts ? Any help or advice appreciated eXistenZ |
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Remove "-Shortcut" from new shortcuts
This procedure works for XP or Vista:
Open RegEdit Locate the registry key: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Explorer] Add a new "Binary Value" key in the right-hand pane. The name of the key should be: Link Modify the value: 00 00 00 00 (Do not type in any spaces) "eXistenZ" wrote: Windows Vista Home Premium Service Pack 2 Single user -------------------------------- How do remove "-Shortcut" when creating new shortcuts ? Any help or advice appreciated eXistenZ |