
The next few steps involve using the Windows Registry Editor. How much reminding do we need that it is, in fact, a shortcut? The shortcut already has a cute little arrow superimposed on the icon letting us know that it’s a shortcut. Time.Įvery time we create a shortcut, Windows thinks it needs to add the word “Shortcut” to the shortcut.


That includes having to remove the offensive “Shortcut” from the shortcut. Computers are really good when it comes to repetitive tasks, but people get bored with the tedium in short order. I’m one of those people who doesn’t like to do the same thing over and over again.

Maybe it’s because I’m already mad about being old and it doesn’t take much to keep me that way. Windows has all sorts of little annoyances and, for me anyways, one of them is the word “Shortcut” added to desktop shortcuts.
