How to Remove ‘- Shortcut’ Suffix for a Shortcut Created in Windows Vista

When creating shortcut in Windows Vista, - Shortcut is added as a suffix of the file or folder name. For instance, if you create a shortcut for a text file named as abc123, you will notice the shortcut being created is named as abc123 – Shortcut. If you don’t like the – Shortcut suffix that is tagged along with the file or folder name by default and you would like it to be named as what the original name is, here is a simple trick you can do to remove – Shortcut suffix.

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To remove – Shortcut suffix, it can be done by changing the registry value as shown at below steps:

1. Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer

2. On the right panel, look for a key named as link

3. Double click on it and change the value to 00 00 00 00

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4. Reboot your PC in order for it to be effective after changing the registry key

Once you have completed the above steps, try to create a shortcut for any file or folder and you will notice – Shortcut suffix is no longer there. However, if you would like to rollback the changes, you can change the value back to 15 00 00 00, followed by a PC reboot.

One Response to “How to Remove ‘- Shortcut’ Suffix for a Shortcut Created in Windows Vista”

  1. A Few Vista Registry Hacks « the geekery blog
    April 3rd, 2009 07:11
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    [...] annoyingly had the shortcut name as “File – Shortcut.” A quick google brought up the instructions for disabling this. (Unlike the last two, this one requires manual editing of the registry.) Posted in Operating [...]

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