Shortcuts are a convenient solution for quick access to folders you use frequently, but if you've gone overboard or installed a lot of new programs recently, your desktop can quickly become cluttered.

William Beaver asked for “a simple, safe” way to remove the arrows from the shortcuts on his desktop. Shortcuts point to files–usually but not always programs–that are stored elsewhere on ...

A desktop icon can be a shortcut that points to a file on your hard drive or an icon that represents an actual file, folder or program. If you delete a shortcut icon, you will not delete the file ...