You can delete the shortcut but it wont delete the program. You have to go through 'control panel' to do that.It signifies a shortcut to a program or folder &c, rather than the program itself. Right click and select "properties" for details.
One wouldn't boot propoerly so I lost my patience, took the hard drive out and binned it... it ran Win98.
........ it has a tiny embedded joystick in the middle of the keys. I always found it much nicer to use than a pad, so much so that if I use Nursy's laptop, I plug in a mouse!
Why would you want to remove the little arrows?
If you want a really heavy laptop get yourself an Osborne, 640K RAM, twin 360K floppy, 7" screen - bulletproof.