Remove 'Shortcut' text from shortcut icons in Windows


Most annoying thing of the shortcuts after the little arrows on the bottom left are the shortcut text which appears in the details, tiles and contents view. Many must have wondered wouldn't it be great if we could just remove this text. Well, here is a little registry trick which could do this for you. 


Steps to Remove 'Shortcut' text from shortcut icons in Windows

1. Open Registry editor.(how to start registry editor?)
2. Go to to HKEY_CURRENT_USER > Software > Microsoft > Windows > CurrentVersion > Explorer.
3. On the right hand side, you will find key called "link" with value "1e 00 00 00" .
4. Change the value "1e 00 00 00" to "00 00 00 00" .
5. And its done.

[Note: This trick won't work on existing shortcuts but will work on newly created Shortcuts]

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