How To create Shortcut Icons with No Text label in Windows

This is your guide on How To create Shortcut Icons with No Text label in Windows Explorer. The tweak essentially works only for shortcut icons and removes the name or text label from the shortcut icon thereby making it appear as just an icon without any label. It also effectively removes the tooltip text, but will show a tip on which directory the icon resides.

We advise that you exercise extreme caution before proceeding. Backup your target desktop icon before continuing with the steps. As a sidenote, the target executable should remain intact when checked in the file property.

Windows Desktop Tweaks – No Text or Labels in Windows Icon

A. First step is to Right-Click on a shortcut icon and select Rename.

B. There are more than 8 acceptable ways here. While in the process of renaming the icon, either..

hold the

Alt key

and type-in number

255

from your number keypad.

hold the

Alt key

and type-in number

0129

from your number keypad.

hold the

Alt key

and type-in number

0141

from your number keypad.

hold the

Alt key

and type-in number

0143

from your number keypad.

hold the

Alt key

and type-in number

0144

from your number keypad.

hold the

Alt key

and type-in number

0157

from your number keypad.

hold the

Alt key

and type-in number

0160

from your number keypad.

hold the

Alt key

and type-in number

0168

from your number keypad.

Hit OK when done.

The result should be instantaneous. Your icon should have no texts.

Happy Tweaking!

posted February 24, 2016 by THE11thROCK for TeraBlitz.com

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