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New shortcut without "shortcut" in the name under Windows!


If a new shortcut is created under Windows 11, 10, ... etc., the text "Shortcut with" or "- Shortcut" appears, which can be turned off quite easily!



If you do not want the text  "- Shortcut" to appear  when creating links under Windows 11, 10, ... etc., you must change the relevant entry in the Windows registry.

1.) ... New Shortcut without "- Shortcut"!
2.) ... Don't forget to restart Explorer or Windows 11, 10, ...!  << Important
3.) ... What should you watch out for when changing the new shortcut on Windows?
4.) ... Old screenshot under Win 10 without a new link!




1.) New link without "link with"!

Start the Windows registry, preferably with the key combination Windows + R and the command regedit .
(... see Image-1 Point 1 and 2)

Now open the subkey:


HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer


and change the Link value to 00 00 00 00 ! (... see Image-1 Point 3 to 6)

Simply mark the first two digits and replace with 00 

1E 00 00 00 = Windows 11, 10,  
19 00 00 00 = Windows XP

(Image-1) New shortcut without shortcut in the name under Windows 11, 10, ...!
New shortcut without shortcut in the name under Windows 11, 10, ...!

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2.) Don't forget to restart Explorer or Windows 11, 10, ...!

Caution! Do not create a Windows shortcut until you have restarted the computer. Otherwise the registry key will be reset. Or restart the file explorer!

Start the command prompt (cmd.exe) and enter the command  taskkill /IM explorer.exe /F
then just explorer.exe

(... see Image-2 Point 1  to 5) 

The example is quite simple, but it works on all Windows and Windows Server operating systems. 

Tip ►  Use Taskkill correctly and sensibly with Cmd.exe with examples

(Image-2) Update Explorer Options Via MS-File-Explore restart!
Update Explorer Options Via MS-File-Explore restart!

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3.) What should you watch out for when changing the new shortcut on Windows?


When removing the "- Shortcut" as a name in the link, nothing needs to be taken into account, except that you do not have to remove the specified link every time!

The link can be recognized as a link by the small arrow in the left corner!

(... see Image-3) 


(Image-3) New shortcut without -shortcut in the name!
New shortcut without -shortcut in the name!

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4.) ... Old screenshot under XP without a new link!




Here in the picture it is under Windows 10, but this solution also works under Windows 11, 8.1,  7 ... and Windows Server systems, it is really easy and everyone can trust themselves!


(Image-4) Windows shortcut without * shortcut with * text in the shortcut name!
Windows shortcut without shortcut with text in the shortcut name!


This new shortcut without * shortcut with * in the name is suitable for: --- OS_Windows6 --- and older Windows operating systems, such as Windows 11, 12 and 13!

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