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Remove shortcut arrows in Windows 7 RTM

Discussion in 'Windows 7' started by PeteC, 2009/08/10.

  1. 2009/08/10
    PeteC

    PeteC SuperGeek Staff Thread Starter

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    I know it's early days yet and only those fortunate to have a Technet subscription have access to the RTM's, but some detail has changed from the RC in terms of the shortcut arrows ....

    The tweaks/applets which worked in this respect in the RC do not work in the RTM.

    I actively dislike the shortcut arrows - which often obscure too much of the icon, and want rid of them :)

    Thoughts/solutions?
     
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    PeteC

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    Magic - the first workaround worked just fine :) Many thanks!
     
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    PeteC

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    Actually not magic :) On reboot all shortcut icons were blacked out. Running System restore and if that fails will install my backup image.

    Just part of the learning curve :)
     
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    Hi Pete

    Have no working knowledge of below Tweakui version for Vista/W7.

    You could try Ultimate Windows Tweaker v2, a Tweak UI for Windows 7 & Vista
    Question ...
    I assume you are using Acronis for your system backup image.
    How well is that working for w7 when restoring image??
    Which version of Acronis??

    Thanks
    Dennis
     
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    PeteC

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    Hi Dennis

    I'll take a look at that - thanks.
    Yes indeed - Home 2009 and it worked perfectly :) which is more than can be said for Win 7 System Restore which failed to do anything.

    I have subsequently made another image of the drive using the inbuilt imaging software of Win 7 - imaged OK, but will it work? Same method as Acronis with creation of boot CD for recovery.
     
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    Thanks for the info Pete.
    Household / family network is still on XP / Acronis version 11. Will be updating to w7 this fall. Have not updated to Acronis 2009 yet. Waiting for Acronis to include SSD's in feature set. Currently they will not stand behind failed SSD image backup/restore. Hoping their next version will. ... which is when I will purchase next Acronis upgrade. Hopefully will have a +- 60GB SSD / OS in my computer by Xmas. Recently upgraded my data drive (drive 2) to a WD 2TB/32MB Green drive. Did not notice any slow down (read/write) when it replaced a 1 year old Hitachi 750GB/32MB.
     
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    Thanks to you too :) Ultimate Windows Tweaker worked perfectly - checked with cold & warm boots and the icons are still visible sans shortcut arrows :cool:

    Glad to have a Tweak UI equivalent on board.
     
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    I'm beta testing True Image Home 2010 and there's no mention of SSD's in the documentation.
     
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    Thanks for the information. With SSD's moving through generation cycles every 6 to 9 months, it's a moving target for standards. Stutter on 1st gen's seems to be cured via upgraded (2nd/3rd gen) SSD/controller's. Per copy/restore issues, read some discussion pointing to partition standards/preference differences between SSD's and how Microsoft OS currently sets up HDD. I'm trying to hold out on both SSD's and upgraded Acronis until hardware and software can sing the same tune.
     
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    thanks for your information
     
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    Just trying Tweak UI and the Remove arrows from shortcut icons is grayed out. Might I have to disable Aero?

    Thx
     
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    PeteC

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    Tweak UI is not fully compatible with Windows 7 - in Vista and Windows 7 the manner in which the shortcut arrows are overlaid is different from XP

    See post #5 - UWT works perfectly :)
     
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    Sorry Pete, I meant UWT, not Tweak UI.

    I made some changes and restarted and was only then able to access the grayed out feature.
     
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    On restart the arrows were still there though
     
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    PeteC

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    No answer to that :(

    Guess you are running RC 1 - maybe there were some changes in the transition to the RTM (retail) version I am running.
     
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    yes, it is the RC. Oh well, I shall await the arrival of the program I purchased

    Thanks
     
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    FWIW - I have just found this registry edit in this post
    http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/GettingReadyforWindows7/thread/1f7b40e0-709c-456e-8df6-92f789f6c749" which did solve the arrow issue
     
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    PeteC

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    Hmm - wonder why UWT did not allow that as it is only a Registry Editor GUI.
     
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    Good question...
     
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