Customize shortcuts with Vista Shortcut Manager

Posted Mar 22nd 2008 4:00PM by Brad Linder
Filed under: Utilities, Windows, Freeware

Vista Shortcut Manager is one of those little applications that doesn't really do much of anything, but what it does do, it does well. While the name may conjure up a program that gives you advanced controls over your shortcut behavior, and perhaps even a list of shortcuts on your PC, the program really just does one thing. It lets you change the default icon behavior of your shortcuts in Windows Vista.

By default, shortcuts in Vista have a big ole arrow, much like the one you see on the far left side of the screenshot above. Vista Shortcut Manager lets you change the big arrow to a lighter one, remove the arrow altogether, or choose a custom arrow. And that's pretty much it. You need to logout of your account and login for the changes to take effect.

[via LifeSpy]

Tags: shortcuts, vista, vista-shortcut-manager, windows-vista

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

3-22-2008 @ 11:11PM

rob said...

"While the name may conjure up a program that gives you advanced controls over your shortcut behavior, and perhaps even a list of shortcuts on your PC..."

Or maybe you didn't read the name right: Vista Shortcut *Overlay* Mannager. It's a very descript name.

You're an idiot Brad Linder.

3-23-2008 @ 9:56AM

Mark said...

Nice little utility, thanks. Pay no attention to the moron above.

3-23-2008 @ 6:38PM

Mark said...

Awesome! Right now on XP I use Stardock's IconPackager to do the same thing (plus a few extra things). I prefer not having any overlay. So when I eventually upgrade to Vista, I will probably use this program.

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