Holly cow! it worked!!!!!!!! Been trying to get rid of those confounded arrows and the even worse white, followed by black, squares for days!!! Thank you, thank you, thank you and let's hope...

Oh! I missed that in the original post. Thanks so much!!!!!!!

Thank you, but that's not the problem. This is what I have asked help with: "That's brilliant NotMe! Would you be so kind as to walk a simple user like me through how to add the pixel without losing...

No, it didn't because I don't know how to add a pixel without losing transparency.

Thanks for the super fast respond! I used Transparent_shortcut_overlay.reg and Blank_shortcut_overlay.reg from that link.

That's brilliant NotMe! Would you be so kind as to walk a simple user like me through how to add the pixel without losing transparency or the ico format? Would MOST appreciate it. HATE those shortcut...