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Hi there, Is it possible to remove (or hide) the .lnk extension from file/folder shortcuts? Cheers.

Removing -> No, you would render them useless.
Hiding -> Only the extension while showing all others? Don't know a way to do it.

If you just want to hide all files with this extension from the current list, use a filter:

filter ".lnk hidden" !*.lnk;

Thanks highend, Sorry, No I didn't mean to actually remove them. In windows there's a registry value to hide the "- shortcut" extension and I was just wondering if the same could be done in XYplorer.

You can hide extensions in XY but not specific ones (at least I don't know any way to do this).

Cannot be done. IMO hiding the LNK extension is a security problem in Explorer. My T-shirt says: Showing LNK extensions and proud!

Yes I can see how some might see that as a security issue. But it's nice to have the option in Explorer. I find the shortcut arrow tells me when something is a shortcut and I don't execute it unless I know, or check, what it is. And if Explorer used ".lnk" for their shortcut extension I guess it wouldn't be quite so bad but it doesn't. It uses "- Shortcut" and that is a right pain to look at if you use lots of shortcuts. So at least XY doesn't use that too, with no way to hide it

kiwichick wrote:Yes I can see how some might see that as a security issue. But it's nice to have the option in Explorer. I find the shortcut arrow tells me when something is a shortcut and I don't execute it unless I know, or check, what it is. And if Explorer used ".lnk" for their shortcut extension I guess it wouldn't be quite so bad but it doesn't. It uses "- Shortcut" and that is a right pain to look at if you use lots of shortcuts. So at least XY doesn't use that too, with no way to hide it

My Explorer uses ".lnk", respectively attaches "- shortcut.lnk" to the name.

The "- shortcut" text can be avoided (for new links): http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows- ... -in-vista/

Works for Win 7 as well.

Yes, thanks, I know how to remove the " - shortcut" extension in Windows. It's one of the first I things I do with a new/reinstalled computer. I've been doing it for so many years that I've become used to seeing my shortcuts without any extension at all and that's why I asked if the same can be done for the ".lnk" extension in XYplorer.