There are so many people who have been searching around for the methods to remove the arrow along with the “shortcut” text from the Windows Vista shortcuts. Therefore there is proper guide to make you understand how to perform this operation.

This is surely a topic that is meant for the expert users on the Windows operating system who very well know how to make use of the registry editor, the below are the steps that are at most made really simple as much possible.

How to remove the arrow and the “shortcut” text from the Windows Vista shortcuts?

• Log on as an administrator. The next step is to download the defined archive and then extract it towards a folder as of your own choice.
• You will have three different files in the archive provided to you by the website providing solution to this problem. Those are “rem_shortcut_arrow.reg”, “rem_shortcut_text_from_machine.reg” and “rem_shortcut_text_from_user.reg”.
• In order to remove the arrow you will have to run the first file “rem_shortcut_arrow.reg” and then make out the right confirmations.
• In order to remove the “shortcut” text you will have to run the third file “rem_shortcut_text_from_user.reg” al for the current users.
• If you need to remove it for all the users then run the second file “rem_shortcut_text_from_machine.reg”.
• Restart your computer system and then log on, the result will be there for you.

Following the above steps would lead you through the process.