Windows 10: New double blue arrows for shortcut overlay?

Hi guys,

I found a way to remove those arrows, and it's actually the exact same way as the shortcut arrows that mykou was talking about are removed - literally just a different number used in the process.

https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/3...dows-10-a.html

The fix is a blank icon file that needs to be copied somewhere (usually Windows/System32 for convenience) and a registry change to tell Windows to use the blank icon instead of the blue arrows. I provide a batch file which will copy the file and make the registry change for you if you right click and "Run as Administrator".

Thanks guys, enjoy your blue arrow free life! *Smile

 

This symbol does not represent shortcut overlays, but compressed folders. It distinguishes the compressed folders from the non-compressed folders.

 

How to revert back to the blue texts??
I hate these blue arrows.

 

See post #29 - https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/3...dows-10-a.html

 

Rebuilding the icon cache worked for me (*).
Icon Cache - Rebuild in Windows 10 - Windows 10 Forums

I was mainly noticing the double blue arrows on Office 2010 document icons. This was happening in my standard account. It occurred to me to log into my Administrator account and see if the problem was happening there too. It wasn't. Then I decided to rebuild the icon cache for the standard account. This worked -- the blue arrows are now gone on Office document icons. I prefer this solution as it is fairly benign (i.e. it doesn't involve messing around in the Registry).

(* I am still seeing the double arrows on Office 2010 program shortcuts, but that does not bother me much. I rarely use those shortcuts; I usually open Office documents directly. Those are no longer showing the blue arrows so that's good enough for me).