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How to Restore Missing Arrows from Desktop Shortcut Icons
My Windows 11 desktop has shortcut icons, the little arrows of which have all disappeared. Shortcut icons appearing elsewhere (other than the desktop) display correctly, with the arrow identifying th...
Check Registry for Shortcut Arrow Settings
- Open Registry Editor:
- Press Win + R, type regedit, and hit Enter.
- Navigate to this key:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Icons
- Look for a value named 29:
- If it exists and points to an empty icon file (often used to remove arrows), delete the 29 value.
- Restart your PC.