Remove Arrows from Desktop Shortcut Icons | Windows 10 & 11
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- čas přidán 20. 01. 2023
- This is How to Remove the small arrow icon in the bottom left of your desktop shortcuts on Windows 11 and Windows 10.
Here is the line from the video that you can copy and paste:
%windir%\System32\shell32.dll,-50
I also teach you how to reverse this process in case you ever wish to have the arrow icons again.
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🔵 *Update:* For those who are getting *Black Boxes* remove the line of code at 2:17 that is in the "Value Data" section...
Basically just deleting "%windir%\System32\shell32.dll,-50" and keeping that section blank
Some other viewers suggest that this worked for them!
Thanks buddy,just had this problem and I was coming back to ur video thinking I would find a fix,what a relief
I'm the one who suggest that.
I'm the one who suggested it.@@zeljkomilenkovic5829
@@allaroundman5687 Oh,thanks a lot man
I've tried this as well as changing to -51 with restarts of the windows explorer as well as my computer. The black boxes remain unfortunately. Windows 11 here
this is the first tech tutorial that I watched and actually understood the directions and was able to fix it first try. we need more people like this guy to make tutorials
Agree. Today It seems everyones wants to be a personality or a stand up comic instead of the purspose of the tutorial
Yes agreed this was one of the best in a long time.
Most simply went through and done.
So easy.
This Chap was the best in a while.
I have a problem, now it's worse than before, instead of the previous Arrow icon there is a bag of black stuff, how do I fix it now
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@SarvarKayrullaev I had that and fixed it. There is something at the top he added about it.
But go back into the registry and click on the registry file and remove the name.
That fixes it.
But look at the add on notes at the top.
I don't usually comment but I want the algorithm to bless this man. 10/10 worked flawlessly. Amazing tutorial.
You're right this man deserves 10/10
Easiest tutorial I have ever watched in my life. Thank you, and Great job David.
This is the first time i watched an English tutorial that get straight to the point thankyou for the help
this is the type of tutorial i wanna seee EVERYTIME i search for something, great video. Keep up the good work!
Great video and very informative. Straight to the point and no filler intro to make the video long. Thanks! Keep it up!
What a relief!! Straight to the point, easy to understand, fix actually works. Instant subscribe!
The first time I encounter a tutorial that I watch and follow the instructions given because it's clear and straight to the point! Thank you mate, it worked!
Yea i didn't really notice them either but i felt the desktop being cleaner after doing this
David, your instructions are so clear and easy to follow ... I just love you! ♥Thank you!!
Thanks so much! I know zilch about programming, but this tutorial was so simple without going into technical details that I was able to follow it effortlessly!
Very useful, to the point, and the black box fix worked. Amazing job
Thank you bro. First I had to look up how to remove the green checkmarks, then the blue arrows which led me to this video. It's crazy how this is such a process for something that should be so simple. Good video
Thank you very much for tutorial! I was always getting annoyed with that small arrows and always were hiding apps on desktop but with you i finally can normally see apps on my desktop without that small arrow!!
What a King, it actually worked! I love how customisable Windows is, thanks man. Everything looks so clean now
Simple and straightforward. We need more people just like you.
This was a great video! It is probably the first video I actually followed through and it all made clear sense. Thank you so much. I appreciate you.
Worked perfectly! Awesome tutorial, straight to the point. If only the world had more tutorials like this one...
Thank you for the Tut, it worked I had to delete the "%windir%\System32\shell32.dll,-50" on reboot leaving the 29 as on windows 11 it was doing the black box thing. Thank you very much for your tut I was pulling my hair out, trying various solutions this is the only one that worked for me. Very Grateful for the help. Thank you !!!
impressed by your clarity and depth, every video is a hit!
Super straightforward and easy to follow, thank you!!
Jesus man thank you SOOOOO much! As some one with OCD I always like my things looking a particular way and those damn arrows have plagued me for years to the point where I just wouldn't use desktop icons and be forced to opening all my programs from file explorer. I know it may not seem like much to others but to me Sir, you are a GOD and a LEGEND. Again from the very depths of my soul I am forever in your debt 🤘🏻👍🏻
Super clear, ez to understand and short to the point. love it
Thanks for clear concise explanation. Years of wanting to rid shortcut arrow keys finally learnt!
Wow... Simple, Easy, and Precise! Thank You! It Actually Works! Hope You Have a Great Rest of Your Day!
Detailed, to the point and clear. Couldn't ask for better 👍
Restarting explorer via right click was an excellent tip! Thanks so much.
Spot on and thank you so much. For years I've paid out on third party programs to do this for me! Certainly earned a sub and a big thumbs up.
The ONLY thing I was thinking whilst doing this was "how and why" it works, what the file is, what it does and what the -50 means. Purley out of interest as to how it does it :)
I dont know why i had the strong desire to stop what i was doing to remove tiny arrows that i have never noticed before... But here we are. great video tutorial though
You can imagine that I live 35 km away from Gaza and the war, and here I am searching for a way to remove the shortcut arrow. I think we are an obsessive-compulsive disorder group, with all due respect to everyone.🤣🤣🤣🤣😂
Not noticing these annoying shortcut arrows is truly a blessing
FANTASTIC - was looking for that for ages. Thank you so much. As others said, so clear to follow.
Thank you for a video that gave me exactly what I was looking for and no more! I greatly appreciate this!
Oh man, thank you so much! I have my icons set to be tiny. Recently, just by some miracle after trying every solution they finally stopped rearranging themselves after reboot. And just today I looked at them and realized that arrow takes up like ¾ of the icon.
Thanks again!
Very clear instructions, thank you so much!
Worked. So, so, so clear this tutorial. So good. You gain another suscriber here and another like. More people like you. More from you buddy. Excellent work.
Absolute Legend. I dont know how long I had this but it just decided to bug the S out of me yesterday.
Thanks!
He is No 1 Tutor in CZcams i watched ❤
It's Working 😊
Thanks a lot 🎉
Thanks mate! Really useful and straight to the point.
Thank you so much, everything looks so much cleaner now
thankyouu
this was really easy to follow for me n I struggle with following stuff a lot, im glad you're on here
Absolutely awesome walk-thru! Thanks!
I have followed these instructions at least 3 times. Every time I get a black square over the shortcut arrow. I tried changing the new line code to -51, same black box appears. So I have ended up just deleting the new key and living with the shortcut arrow. Thanks for your assistance!
Just put the 29 key back but don't put anything for the code and it should work for you
@@TroJaNSniPeR85 This is what finally did it for me
@@TroJaNSniPeR85thanks bro .
@@TroJaNSniPeR85 thanks a lot bro
Worked like a charm 🤩
I had to go to "users" section at the last step to find explorer process, but it worked. Thanks man
thanks for the heads up!
This was the greatest instructional video in the history of the internet.
Wonderful. For a change, a well organized presentation spoken clearly. Provided at a perfect pace. Thank you. My plan is to bring up this video again, move it to the right side using the Windows + right arrow key. Then, using the steps in the presentation, flipping back and forth, work through the process on the left side of my actual desktop. This should work.
No need for that.
Simply drag the video to the left and clip it there and then click on the video again maybe just drag it to the left and your good to go..
Got it. Thanks.@@Fixing_Everything.
If the shortcut arrow box is black then delete the text in the string value named 29 and then reboot or restart the windows explorer ,
The arrow and the black box will be gone .
Black box gone, arrow still there
Worked for me
Who are you who are so wise in the ways of science?
then the arrows will be there, even if i recreate the 29 string value and restart windows explorer, the black boxes will be back.
this worked thankyou (:
Awesome video, desktop looks a whole lot cleaner now, very cool!
THANK YOU!!!! Building a jukebox/music streaming kiosk for my game room and wanted a clean icons on the desktop!
God bless you my friend, I have tried doing this with a microsoft guide I found in a quick google search, and Microsoft employees themselves are doing it the wrong way XDDDDD
I swear bro it was also a modification in regedit, but it only removed the icons from the shortcuts (not URLs, like steam games) and also broke my task bar, it wouldn't open any programs from there. Your method tho, worked 100%, removed ALL shortcut icons from all desktop icons, and keeps the system working (as far as I can tell)
Brilliant tutorial, straight forward and too the point.
Thank you!
still works great tutorial easy to follow along
Thank you, on point, easy to follow and exactly what I needed. Good job!
hellll yes, very helpfull, very easy to follow along with too, i just watched the video without pausing and going along with each step.
Amazing! Mission complete. That right there, is why you're the best, boss!
freaking awesome, im on a damn thought rampage in customizing my stuff and added a new icon image to a game and it looked terrible with the arrow. Thanks so much!
This worked better than anything in my life.
Straight to the point (and it also worked)
Thank you! exactly what i searched for
you got yourself a new sub, love the content. Keep it up, brother
Awesome! Straight tp the point, well explained, and even command ready to copy. Thank you so much! ;)
WOW!!!!!!!!!! It worked :) But at first it didn't work, later in the second attempt it worked. Thank you so much David!
This is the tutorial i never needed, but i still used it
Thx it looks much aesthetic now!
so just to let this creator know, fantastic job on getting it, while the black boxed apperaed at first, and changing the code to 51, it still does have the black boxes
thank you for this short, easy and understandable content🙏
thank u v much for the no-frills tutorial! was able to follow it in real time as well, wooooo
I too had the black boxes after rebooting (Windows 11), did what it said below and it seems to work fine. Thanks for the video, I always hate those shortcut arrows!
Works perfectly, huge thanks you are great!
Dude this video was so much help for me thanks
Thank you so much it actually helped ! Chill tutorial , fast and easy.
Great video, exactly what I was looking for and it worked, thanks!
Worked like Magic , Amazing buddy keep it up
you deserved a subs!!!!!! very detailed an straight to the point thankyou!!!!!😘😘😘😘
Thank you very much, its simple and working! finally a clean icons.
Excellent video - thank you! I've done this before years ago but there's no way I could have remembered all those details.
No time wasted, thank you for this fast tutorial :D
Thank you SOOO much the little arrow was getting on my nerves because it felt so outta place and it worked out so well, directions were so clear I understood everything and it all went according to plan!!! I cannot thank you enough.
100% works Thanks man Love from South Africa
Worked like a charm for me first try! Thanks so much!
Legend, quick easy guide to the point thankyou
thank u so much !! it looks so clean now
Thank you! A great 'how to' video. Easy to understand and follow.
so helpful! it looks so much better now :D
very well done - easier than I thought! ✔
Worked perfectly, thank you.
Thank you for the fix!! Worked like a charm.
This guy deserves much more than this
It looks so much cleaner without them, thank you.
Works perfectly! Thanks very much!
Thanks for the tutorial! This worked for me and helped me streamline my desktop
worked like magic. thank you!!
thanks bro, straight to the point video. Mad respect :)
BRUH that was so fast and clear TYSM damn
Thank you David this is really good save me few sleepiest night on this
This may have worked for other people I guess all our computers are different, for me in particular it only worked for 1-hour, then all of a sudden all my shortcuts on my desktop became little black squares. I wasn't sure at first but it wasn't until I came back to this thread and started to read people's comments. And the soon as I decided to remove my hack that I learnt from this video. I refreshed everything and all my shortcuts came back I was so pleased, just like somebody else said in this thread I am happy to live with my little arrows now. Don't try to fix something if it is not broken lol
Yo, you are the man. very clear and precise information . thank you
Thanks man looks much better and cleaner
Straight to the point! Thanks!
Thank you. I didnt put in the script just left 29 blank works fine. looks better, now to remove the text below icons
Wow this was awesome..worked perfectly.. thanks a lot fr the clear instructions
I don't know i needed this, i got recommend