OK so we love how Windows can create shortcuts to any item that we might use with any regularity,but we hate that annoying white square box in the bottom corner of the icon. We already know its a shortcut we put it there. So here is how to remove that square box.
Open up your favorite registry editor and head to this location “HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\lnkfile “ When you get there you should see, on the right hand pane “IsShortcut”. When you have found it, right click on it and select delete. When you reboot your computer that annoying square box will be gone.