Windows 7: How to stop appending 'shortcut'

Imageman · 27 Oct 2009

Windows 7 Professional 64bit -Purchased

I tried a registry hack, no change. This 'feature' has been irritating me for YEARS in the different OS's, and I don't understand the insistence to not provide and option to stop it? Don't get me wrong, I LOVE Windows 7. You'll make my day with a solution - Thanks, IM

Zidane24 · 27 Oct 2009

I am not familar with your issue pertaining the terminology...

Could you post a screenie of the issue at hand?

Imageman · 27 Oct 2009

Zidane24 - When you create a shortcut to a file, Windows appends the word 'Shortcut' to the name. I don't want it to :-)

EXAMPLE
_REL0187.NEF - Shortcut

Zidane24 · 27 Oct 2009

Quote: Originally Posted by Imageman

Zidane24 - When you create a shortcut to a file, Windows appends the word 'Shortcut' to the name. I don't want it to :-)

EXAMPLE
_REL0187.NEF - Shortcut

*facepalm*
I gotcha ya...sadly this is one of the few things I am not so sure about

Lets hope someone else knows something to the contrary!

Imageman · 27 Oct 2009

Thanks for try, much appreciated

- IM

Zidane24 · 27 Oct 2009

BOOYA!!!

Zidane is the master (if this works)
Remove ‘Shortcut’ Text While Creating A Shortcut On Desktop In Vista

Zidane24 · 27 Oct 2009

Going to give it a shot

Brink · 27 Oct 2009

Hello Imageman,

This will show you how to stop the "Shortcut" prefix extension name from being added.

Shortcut Extension - Remove or Restore

Hope this helps,
Shawn

Zidane24 · 27 Oct 2009

Quote: Originally Posted by Brink

Hello Imageman,

This will show you how to stop the "Shortcut" prefix extension name from being added.

Shortcut Extension - Remove or Restore

Hope this helps,
Shawn

lmao...I didn't think to search for a tutorial

...anyways Shawn your method works except the fact that link doesn't exist in the RTM...I had to make the registry binary myself

The automatic way will work as your reg file will just add it...the manual way in the tutorial will probably need adjusted

zigzag3143 · 27 Oct 2009

Quote: Originally Posted by Imageman

Windows 7 Professional 64bit -Purchased

I tried a registry hack, no change. This 'feature' has been irritating me for YEARS in the different OS's, and I don't understand the insistence to not provide and option to stop it? Don't get me wrong, I LOVE Windows 7. You'll make my day with a solution - Thanks, IM

Dont know if you have seen this but Keep Vista from Adding "Shortcut" to Shortcuts - Solutions by PC Magazine

Good luck

Ken

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