::: Desktop Tips 3 :::

>>> Removing Shortcut Arrows <<<

An easy way to remove those irritating arrows from your desktop shortcut icons and not change their properties

• Right click the Desktop / Properties / Appearance tab
• Select Item
• Scroll for Icon
• The default size is 32
• Change this to 30
• Clicking Apply

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>>> Adding the Control Panel to the Start Menu <<<

• Open up the Explorer
• Go to \WINDOWS\Start Menu
• Right click in the right-hand panel
• Add a new folder
• Name it Control Panel.{21ec2020-3aea-1069-a2dd-08002b30309d}
• This makes getting to the Control Panel items a little easier

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>>> Making Desktop Changes Permanent <<<

To make changes to the Desktop like window size, position after rebooting:

• Start Regedit
• Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
• Create a New Binary Value
• Name it No Save Settings
• Give it a value of 01 00 00 00

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>>> Easy Shortcuts on the Desktop <<<

Here is an easy way to put shortcuts on the Desktop where they can easily be moved to other group icons.

• Using the Explorer, create a SHORTCUT to the \Windows\Desktop directory in your \Windows\SEND TO directory.
• Now whenever you want to make a shortcut and move it to the desktop:
• Just make the shortcut you want using Explorer
• Right click on that shortcut
• In the pop up menu select the Send To and Desktop shortcut.