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Mr T's avatar
Mr T
Helpful | Level 5
5 years ago
Solved

Is it possible to disable the sync icons on files in Explorer?

How can I disable the overlay icons, that are showing the current sync status of dropbox in the explorer? I need them for other applications that I am using. Windows 10 can obvioulsy only handle 15 i...
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  • Rich's avatar
    Rich
    5 years ago

    There are no options within Dropbox to disable the icon overlays. The only solution is to remove the Registry entries and then remove permissions from the Registry key so that nothing can write to it again. This is NOT supported by Dropbox, or likely Microsoft for that matter. Use caution if you proceed.

Rich's avatar
Rich
Icon for Super User II rankSuper User II
5 years ago

There are no options within Dropbox to disable the icon overlays. The only solution is to remove the Registry entries and then remove permissions from the Registry key so that nothing can write to it again. This is NOT supported by Dropbox, or likely Microsoft for that matter. Use caution if you proceed.

  • Mr T's avatar
    Mr T
    Helpful | Level 5
    5 years ago

    Why is this marked as "accepted solution" and the topic set to "solved"? :laughing: I did not accept it, since it is no solution for me...

    I would like to avoid to remove any permissions of this registry key. Who knows what will happen at the next installation of any tool that tries to write any new data there. :zipper_mouth: 

     

    At Anyone who reads this topic: please let a vote in StopMessingWithOverlayIcons idea, if you are having the same issue.

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