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How to remove shortcut arrows windows 10

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Once it’s up, click Customization in the left pane, then click the File Explorer tab.

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The first time you launch it, it will ask if you want to create a restore point. If you’re using Windows 8, you need the latest version, Ultimate Windows Tweaker 3 for Windows 8. Since it’s portable, you don’t have to install it onto your PC. But William asked for a safe solution, so I’m offering an easier, less dangerous way to make the change.Īnd that way involves using the Windows Club’s free and portable program, Ultimate Windows Tweaker. If you don’t like the arrows, you can turn them off by editing the Windows Registry.

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To make it clear that it’s a shortcut and not the original file, Windows displays an arrow in the lower-left corner of the icon. If you drag and drop a program from the Start menu to the desktop, you create a shortcut to the original program. Shortcuts point to files (usually but not always programs) that are stored elsewhere on your drive.