When the heck did windows start overlaying symlinks with shortcut icon


  1. Gw2
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    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
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    When the heck did windows start overlaying symlinks with shortcut icon


    Same question as in title, I may be retarded but I swear when I used to create symlinks they looked no different from a regular folder. Now they have the shortcut icon on them which makes them kind of pointless for me.
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  3. logicearth
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    Windows 10 Pro (x64)
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    Always did...
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  4. Gw2
    Posts : 91
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
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    Maybe I'm just nuts then. Do you know how to remove the shortcut symbol altogeather?
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  6. arkhi
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    Windows 2000 5.0 Build 2195
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    Nope... That's how symlinks look by default
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