Aha! I do not have a ShellIcons entry! I have Shell Folders,
ShellExecuteHooks, and ShellServiceObjects, but no ShellIcons.
(Note: Under ShellServiceObjects, there are 12 keys listed as Hex strings.)

I searched the Registry, and came up empty; no ShellIcons entries at all.

"Ramesh, MS-MVP" wrote:

> Hi Joe,
>
> Click Start, type regedit.exe and press ENTER
> Navigate to the following branch:
>
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ explorer \ Shell Icons
>
> From the file menu, choose "Export" and save it to a file (in .REG format)
>
> Open the .REG file, copy the contents and post it here.
>
>
> REF: http://www.winhelponline.com/article...ows-Vista.html
> (This article tells you how to *remove* the shortcut overlay. Reversing the changes, you'll see the shortcut arrows.)
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
> The Winhelponline Blog: http://www.winhelponline.com/blog
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>
> "Joe Rees" <JoeRees@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:A49E9627-B4C2-473C-A5A2-66538A12C4BC@microsoft.com...
> Thanks, Robert. Your thoughts made me see something I never noticed before
> {blush}. Although I'm not supposed to be able to remove the shortcut arrow
> from my shortcut icons, NONE of them have it! Also, when I set to display
> file extensions, the extensions for the shortcuts do not display, although
> the "Properties" dialog says they are .lnk files.
>
> At least it's opened up another avenue for me to pursue.
>
> "Robert Aldwinckle" wrote:
>
> > (cross-post added to Vista General)
> > "Joe Rees" <JoeRees@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:A597878C-5DB1-4089-9B67-6CA765196F56@microsoft.com...
> > > Thanks, Don. I guess it's a unique problem that hasn't come up anywhere
> > > before.
> >
> <snip>
>