To stop the words "Shortcut To..." from appearing before the title of each new
shortcut you create, either ;

1). Open regedit and locate the value :

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Explorer]
"Link"=hex:00,00,00,00

...and delete this value completely. To "undo" (return the added "Shortcut To...")
reverse the procedure and create the [dword] value "Link" and assign it a value of
00,00,00,00 under the same key (above).


or...


2). Download the [small & free] program from Microsoft called TweakUI.exe by
clicking on the link below.

You will find the option to "uncheck" a box labelled "Prefix "Shortcut to" on new
shortcuts" under the heading "Explorer" in TweakUI.exe - uncheck it and you will have
no more "Shortcut To..."

Download the small TweakUI installation file from :

http://download.microsoft.com/downlo...ertoySetup.exe

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Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-)




"Heathcock, John" wrote in message
...
I just reinstalled XP and I can't remember how to stop the the text "Short cut
to..." from showing up in front of each short cut I create. How can I get this to
stop?