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Customize shortcuts with Vista Shortcut Manager

Vista Shortcut Manager
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]

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