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Add option to disable icon overlays in Windows Explorer
Please add an option to disable Dropbox icon overlays. It is so frustrating to remove Dropbox Shell Icon identifiers from the top of ShellIconOverlayIdentifiers list after each update! It is disres...
Jay
Dropbox Staff
Dropbox StaffHi everyone, as a workaround for disabling the Dropbox sync icons, you can follow the steps provided by Stargx on this post.
As a warning, please exercise extreme caution when using the Registry Editor. If you edit the registry incorrectly, serious problems might occur that could require a complete reinstall of the operating system and result in data loss.
As a warning, please exercise extreme caution when using the Registry Editor. If you edit the registry incorrectly, serious problems might occur that could require a complete reinstall of the operating system and result in data loss.
Wow, didn't know about permissions, thank you
Jay why was this thread moved from "Dropbox ideas" to "Dropbox installs & integrations"? It had "In review" status
Jay wrote:
" please exercise extreme caution when using the Registry Editor. If you edit the registry incorrectly, serious problems might occur that could require a complete reinstall of the operating system and result in data loss. "
And that's preferable - rather than having the development team go ahead and implement this feature??
Surely enough people have requested it by now? If the Dropbox team still won't implement it, it's high time they offered a credible explanation.
Because of this issue, I finally decided to switch to OneDrive (and I'm not the biggest fan of Microsoft, trust). I was using Dropbox for syncing files that the Joplin notes app uses on different devices. But having to fix my registry every time Dropbox updates was becoming a kind of grind. It seems to me this issue should have been addressed a long time ago. OneDrive doesn't clobber my Tortoise overlays, so why should Dropbox?
I had patience to open a thread and communicate with Dropbox team on this issue. After almost 2 years, more than 100 upvotes they have just thrown my idea away suggesting me to edit Windows registry. I've heared your answer, that's how you treat your loyal users.
So long Dropbox!
Who accepted this solution? Can anybody call this a solution? Please fix Dropbox.
And yet, 2 years later and nothing has been done about the issue!
And here, educate your devs about the issue... as it's still not solved:
Why is there a limit of 15 shell icon overlays? - The Old New Thing (microsoft.com)
