How do i completely remove the shortcut symbol from an icon?

I’m doing this little prank thing that won’t do anything bad to peoples’ computers but will really annoy them. But first i need to know how to completely REMOVE the shortcut symbol from a shortcut icon so that even if somebody downloads the icon the shortcut symbol will no appear. Can anybody help me?

Go to Start, then Run, enter, Regedit, hit OK Navigato HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTInkfile. Delete the IsShortcut registry value.
You may have to restart Windows XP

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July 27 2009 04:44 am | Icon

3 Responses to “How do i completely remove the shortcut symbol from an icon?”

  1. Gel on 27 Jul 2009 at 10:23 am #

    you must first have an icon with no shortcut symbol. simply right-click the file(shortcut), then click properties then click change icon. then browse it to your image/icon with no shortcut drawing.. it’ll change! simply as that.. enjoy
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  2. Colin J on 27 Jul 2009 at 10:46 am #

    Go to Start, then Run, enter, Regedit, hit OK Navigato HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTInkfile. Delete the IsShortcut registry value.
    You may have to restart Windows XP
    References :
    Nous

  3. ScienceMikey on 27 Jul 2009 at 10:54 am #

    This can be done at the user-interface level with "TweakUI"–but not via a downloadable program, as it’s a function of the user interface, not the individual program(s). Unless you have direct access to the "victim’s" PC, I don’t think that you can do what you want.

    ~~ ScienceMikey
    References :
    My list of "Best-of-Breed" free software for Windows:
    http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/opcc/links/01___Software_related_information_001198934133/Windows_related_link_001119378867/Software____Links_an_001081730158/Best_of_breed_Free_s_001059927670

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