Is there a way to remove the annoying "- Shortcut" text that is added to shortcut filenames in Windows? Particularly Windows 7 - when I create a shortcut via right-click, "send to desktop" that stupid shortcut text appears. Then I manually delete it, but when I have many shortcuts to create this wastes a lot of time.
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Remove shortcut text from Windows shortcuts?
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Posted 1 month ago #
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Posted 1 month ago -
Yes, it involves a registry edit, however, so make sure you backup your system before proceeding.
Save and close out all files and applications or reboot your PC before proceeding.
Launch your registry editor via Start menu > type "regedit" and press Enter. If a User Account Control window appears, select "Yes." You want to browse to the following registry key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ ExplorerDouble-click on the "link" item in the "Name" column, and change it's value to "
00 00 00 00" Close the registry editor to save your changes and reboot your PC.New Windows shortcuts you create (the fix does not apply to existing shortcuts) will now no longer have the annoying "- Shortcut" text appended.
Posted 1 month ago #
