Firstly, you need to download the files over on this page. If all goes to plan for you, it is an extremely simple workaround as the correct registry modifications are already made for you.ġ. Luckily for us Windows 7 users, there is a workaround. As you enlarge the size of your icon, the size of the arrow gets even more annoying. This is particularly annoying when, like me, you have large icons on your desktop. For some reason, unknown to me, Microsoft insists on slapping humungous arrows all over your shortcuts.