15.12.19

Remove yellow/blue sheild icon from shortcuts

After upgrading to Windows 10, some desktop shortcuts have UAC shield icons. 

Remove yellow/blue sheild icon from shortcuts-untitled-1.png

  1. Right-click the shortcut to Properties
  2. Click Change Icon, then click OK when its window pops up (necessary step to avoid losing the icon)
  3. Add the following, plus a space, to the beginning of the Target field, leaving the existing path at the end:
    Code:
    cmd /c start ""