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Vista Shortcut Overlay Remover 2

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Price: Free
Operating system: Windows Vista
Date added: December 27, 2007
Total Downloads: 24,804
Downloads last week: 293
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Average user rating: 3.5 stars out of 13 votes
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Publisher's description

From Frameworkx :

Windows Vista Shortcut Overlay Remover, aka FxVisor, lets you to either remove or enable the explorer shortcut overlay arrow which is added to all shortcuts. Currently there is no native way to remove the shortcut overlay arrow or to even customize it in Windows Vista, so we have written the Vista Shortcut Overlay Remover utility to enable you to do just that. Version 2 includes unspecified updates.

What's new in this version:

Version 2 includes unspecified updates.

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Average user rating: 3.9 stars out of 13 votes
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5 stars

Version: Vista Shortcut Overlay Remover 2

"Does what it titles says"

by SamSym on July 5, 2008

Pros: Does exactly what should have been done from Microsoft. Gets rid of that annoying arrow on shortcuts. Absolutely no problems with Vista 64 or 32.

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Version: Vista Shortcut Overlay Remover 2

"Excellent; removed shortcut arrows with no problems"

by danielpt on June 10, 2008

Pros: Easy to install and even easier to use!

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Version: Vista Shortcut Overlay Remover 2

"Very Good"

by DiGravio1 on April 7, 2008

Pros: Does what it says with no problems.

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Version: Vista Shortcut Overlay Remover 2

"Great, simple, efficient"

by einsteinguy79 on March 30, 2008

Pros: Couldn't be easier. Only 1.13 MB to download, with no fuss. Works well!

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Version: Vista Shortcut Overlay Remover 2

"Knocks out shortcut arrows from desktop shortcuts"

by cyberj3000 on February 4, 2008

Pros: Simplicity: You download, you install, you run, you restart. Presto!

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