Black Box on Desktop


  1. jhansen965
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    Windows 7 profesional
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    Black Box on Desktop


    Hi everyone,
    I have created a hidden shortcut on my desktop. It is completely hidden because I made the icon picture blank and I made the name that invisibol symbol and, I removed the IsShortcut value from my registry. And, everytime I start up my computer, where the hidden shortcut is supposed to be, in its place is a black box. Please help.
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  3. seavixen32
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    Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 64-Bit
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    A system restore to a point before you created the shortcut should do the trick, I would have thought.
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  4. Brink
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    64-bit Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
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    Hello Jacob,

    Removing the IsShortcut entry from the registry is where you went wrong. That was fine in XP, but in Vista and Windows 7 it causes many issues being removed. You could download and merge the lnk (LNK) option in the tutorial below to make restoring easier.

    Default File Type Associations - Restore

    Afterwards, you could use one of options in the tutorial below to change the shortcut arrow overlay icon to a blank icon.

    Shortcut Arrow - Change, Remove, or Restore

    Hope this helps,
    Shawn
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  6. jhansen965
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    Okay thanks! I created a system registry backup before I removed the IsShortcut so I will restore it thank you!
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  7. Brink
    Posts : 72,051
    64-bit Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
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    You're most welcome. Please let us know how it went. :)
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