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1 change: 1 addition & 0 deletions Assets/Menus/Info
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Expand Up @@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ Personalisation
- Disable the Sticky Keys keyboard shortcut. (W11 only)
- Restore the old Windows 10 style context menu. (W11 only)
- Hide the 'Include in library', 'Give access to' and 'Share' options from the context menu. (W10 only)
- Remove the shortcut arrow in app icons.

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- Change the default location that File Explorer opens to.
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5 changes: 5 additions & 0 deletions Regfiles/Disable_Shortcut_Arrow.reg
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Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

; Remove shortcut arrow overlay
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Icons]
"29"="%windir%\\System32\\shell32.dll,-50"
4 changes: 4 additions & 0 deletions Regfiles/Sysprep/Disable_Shortcut_Arrow.reg
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Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

; Prepare system image: reset shortcut arrow overlay to default
[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Icons]
4 changes: 4 additions & 0 deletions Regfiles/Undo/Enable_Shortcut_Arrow.reg
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Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

; Restore default shortcut arrow overlay
[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Icons]