Heathcock, John wrote:
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?

Now is a great time to point you to one of the easiest ways to find
information on problems you may be having and solutions others have found:

Search using Google!
http://www.google.com/
(How-to: http://www.google.com/intl/en/help/basics.html )

Specific example...

A seach like this:
http://www.google.com/search?q=stop+...2Windows+XP%22

Might lead to:
http://www.generation-nt.com/us/answ...-92831852.html

Where it tells you to use TweakUI, specifically "It's one of the choices
under Explorer. Uncheck the box "Prefix 'Shortcut to' on new shortcuts." "

Come back, reply to this conversation and let everyone know (for
posterity/future searches) if this worked for you.

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