Disable Shortcut Icon Arrow Overlay in Windows Vista

October 11, 2008

We all dislike the look of the HUGE Windows Vista Shortcut Arrows . Worried about the look of your desktop ? Don’t be ! Here’s some before and after pictures so you can have an idea what to expect .

Before:
Disable Shortcut Icon Arrow Overlay in Windows Vista

After Shortcut Arrow Disabled:
Disable Shortcut Icon Arrow Overlay in Windows Vista

How do i do this ?

It’s pretty simple, there is a small utility created by Frameworkx.com for Windows Vista called ‘Vista Shortcut Overlay Remover’ recently known as ‘Vista Shortcut Manager’ or ‘FxVisor’  .

Vista Shortcut Manager

Disable Shortcut Icon Arrow Overlay in Windows Vista

Former Vista Shortcut Overlay Remover now called Vista Shortcut Manager has added many new welcome features like: Custom overlay icons, Enable/Disable “-shortcut” extension, full support for x64 platforms, and direct upgrade from version 1.3.

DownloadMSIVista Shortcut Manager - x64 | MSIVista Shortcut Manager - 32bit

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