Yesterday Microsoft surprised us with the new icons in the Insider. Since you can't see all of them in one picture, I once extracted the icons from imageres.dll.mun and shell32.dll.mun.
The two files contain the most important icons for Windows 10. Since Windows 10 1803, the icons have been stored there and no longer directly in the imageres.dll or shell32.dll.
If you want to take a look at the icons at their leisure and in full size, you can download and unzip the file once. Of course, there are also many old icons there. But some will certainly stay or disappear soon and others will be updated.
By the way: The link arrow has also been renewed. But Microsoft only changed the icon. Those who do not stand on this "arrow" can continue to remove it using these methods.
Remove Windows 10 shortcut arrows
Use FXVisor to remove the link arrows
- Known since Vista, he still dutifully removes the shortcut arrows. This is because the FXVisor creates its own path to its own link arrows or empty icons.
- This means that nothing is changed in the system itself. Only the path in the registry is set to its own icon.
- If you also check the box next to Select here to remove "- Shortcut" ... then the additional ... link in the text is also removed when a link is created.
- The FXVisor must be installed but does not need to be started. It only creates its icons and, accordingly, the path in the registry.
- After you have logged out and logged in again, the link arrows have changed or disappeared.
- The advantage of the FXVisor is that it also removes the addition "Link" and that you can use your own link arrow under Custom Arrow.
Remove the shortcut arrows in Windows 10 with the Shortcut Overlay Remover
- The Shortcut Overlay Remover is a small portable tool that just has to be started.
- Here you have the choice between normal, small or no link arrow.
- Here, too, you have to log out and log in again after the selection so that the result is visible.
Download: delightsoftware.com/de/delight.ch/shortcut-overlay-remover
Manually remove shortcut arrow from Windows 10
You put the Blank.ico in C: \ Windows
Download: Blank.ico.zip
After that:
- Type Windows key + R regedit and start
- Or type in start menu / start screen regedit and start
- Go to the path: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Explorer \ Shell Icons
- Shell is the key icons not present, then right-click on Explorer / New / key named Shell Icons Create
- In the right field / New / String
- Name: 29
- Value: Path to blank.ico, 0 as in the example: C: \ Windows \ Blank.ico, 0
- Restart the computer. So the link arrow is gone.
If you prefer to have it as a reg file:
- Right click on the desktop / open new text file
- Copy content and adapt the path to your own storage location. A user folder (images) should be used in which the icon is stored.
- The normal download folder should not be used, as the Windows internal security guidelines could deny access there. Thanks to Micha for this tip
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Explorer \ Shell Icons] "29" = "C: \\ Windows \\ Blank.ico, 0"
- Rename the new text file .txt to blank .reg and save it
- Now double click on blank.reg and add it to the registry
Easily remove the link arrow with a cmd file
If you want it to be even easier, you can use this variant.
- Download: Blank.ico.zip Download
- Unzip the zip file somewhere
- In the folder with the Blank.ico there is now a cmd file with the content
- Right click on the desktop / New text file
@echo off
copy% ~ dp0Blank.ico% windir% REG ADD "HKLM \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Explorer \ Shell Icons" / V "29" / D "% windir% \ Blank.ico, 0" / F taskkill / f / im explorer.exe start explorer.exe
- Copy the text into it and rename the new text file .txt to blank .cmd and copy it into the folder.
- Now execute this as administrator with a right click.
That's it already. The blank icon and the registry entry have now been correctly copied and created. Because the explorer.exe is automatically restarted, the link arrows are now gone.
Nothing else is done like the little tools above do.
If you want to undo it, you create a cmd file again with the following content:
@echo off
del% windir% \ Blank.ico / q REG DELETE "HKLM \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Explorer \ Shell Icons" / V "29" / F taskkill / f / im explorer.exe start explorer.exe
The link arrow can then be seen again.
Delete Windows 10 Inkfile and IsShortcut
You can also remove the shortcut arrows using the old method from Windows XP or Vista / Windows 7. A little awkward, but for some it is enough.
Important: Please note here that the "Pin to taskbar" function no longer works under Windows 10.
- Enter Windows key + R regedit and start
To the path HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT \ lnkfile go
- Select IsShortcut in the right-hand window with a right-click and delete it.
- Now do a fresh start, that's it.
If you want to pin something to the taskbar again, you first have to restore the string IsShortcut, restart it and then you can pin something to the taskbar.
Then you can remove IsShortcut again.
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