Hide and Remove Shortcut Arrow from Desktop Icons and Other Icons

1. Goto start in windows and click 'RUN', type 'regedit' and press enter.
2. Registry Editor will open.
3. Navigate to the following registry key: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\lnkfile
   
4. Delete the IsShortcut registry value in the right pane. Tip: It’s also workable to just rename the IsShortcut registry entry to another name, such as IsNotShortcut.
5. Some other type of documents and files may have shortcut arrows on their icons too. To remove the shortcut arrow overlay image on these icons, navigate to each of the following registry keys, and then repeat step 2 and step 3 above to deactivate the shortcut arrow: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\piffile
   HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ConferenceLink
   HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\DocShortCut
   HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\InternetShortcut
   HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\WSHFile
   
6. Exit from Registry Editor.
7. Logout and login again or restart Explorer for the change to take effect.