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Windows shortcuts: Remove arrow & Make extension visible

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Shortcuts at MS Windows look like the Unix symbolic links, but it’s not. Shortcuts are files containing info to open or execute a resource on the disk (program, file, folder etc.), instead of symbolic links which are references on the file system.

Make extension visible

By default the shortcut’s extensions are hidden, even if you select to view and the known file extensions. To make them visible, you can open the registry editor, go to the key HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\lnkfile and delete the string value NeverShowExt.

Remove arrow

If you like to remove the shortcut arrow of yours shurtcuts at the desktop or windows explorer, open the registry editor, go to the key HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\lnkfile and delete the string value IsShortcut.

Apply

To apply the previous changes, you must restart your sustem, or logout (no fast switch) and re-login your user account.

Confing.dll Released

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puzzle-iconMultipetros.Confing.dll is an open source (MIT Licensed) .NET library with classes for easily confinguration properties manipulation.

There are three (3) classes, the SimpleIni Class, the Ini Class and the RegIni Class. The first two of them are contacting with flat text files to store the properties in the common used INI file format and the other one with the MS Windows Registry.

For more info, full documentation text, downloads and updates, see at the project’s home page at /public-projects/libraries/confing-dll/