Shortcut Arrows on Desktop - TweakUI fails to Remove them
Almost everybody has downloaded TweakUI - it has been very widely advertised. If you haven't 0 GET IT !! It is all over the web so just do search. It places an icon in the Control Panel.
NOTE: it has a weird but simple install procedure - to install it, right-click on the inf file and select "Install"
Now - to fix the problem and get rid of your shortcut arrows:
Start/Run . . . RegEdit and remove the following:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\lnkfile\ISshortcut
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\piffile\ISshortcut
start Tweak and do a Repair/Rebuild Icons
NOTE: the ISshortcut value may appear elsewhere in the registry. If the above fails, search the entire registry and delete all instances of it.