Turn On or Off Shortcut Name Extension in Windows 10  

mr nike said:

Actually i want to show file extensions, but hide the extension name when creating shortcuts.

The BAT in step 3 should remove the "Shortcut" part of the name like below. It will not remove any file extension name though.

mr nike said:

are you taking about the .vbs file in option three on this tutorial ?

The BAT file in step 3 in this tutorial on the first post linked below.

Turn On or Off Shortcut Name Extension in Windows 10

mr nike said:

Well, must be something wrong with my computer... v
I tried this one at the first place. And just checked it again, and everything is a per .bat file.
Well, i think i'll have to leave with it. It's not such a big deal.
Thanks for your help anyway :)

No problem. Sorry, to hear it's not working as it should when creating a new shortcut.

Michael said:

It seems at some point, they removed HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\NamingTemplates

Now you only need to change the link value (and restart explorer) for this to work.

Hello Michael,

Correct. The BAT files will delete the ShortcutNameTemplate string value in that key if there.