When the heck did windows start overlaying symlinks with shortcut icon

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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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Always did...
 

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Maybe I'm just nuts then. Do you know how to remove the shortcut symbol altogeather?
 

My Computer My Computer

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Windows 7 Ultimate x64Intel Core i7 720QM8GB factory installedATI Mobility Radeon 5870 W/ Flashed VBIOS to ...
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Asus G73JH-A2
OS
Windows 7 Ultimate x64
CPU
Intel Core i7 720QM
Memory
8GB factory installed
Graphics Card(s)
ATI Mobility Radeon 5870 W/ Flashed VBIOS to fix GSOD
Screen Resolution
1920x1080
Hard Drives
1 500GB 1 250GB
Keyboard
G15
Mouse
G9x
Internet Speed
Rogers extreme/Bell fibe25 depending on where I am.
Nope... That's how symlinks look by default
 

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