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StopMessingWithOverlayIcons's avatar
StopMessingWithOverlayIcons
Helpful | Level 7
6 years ago

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...
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SteveMagruder's avatar
SteveMagruder
Helpful | Level 5
5 years ago

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?

StopMessingWithOverlayIcons's avatar
StopMessingWithOverlayIcons
Helpful | Level 7
5 years ago

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!

  • nofish2's avatar
    nofish2
    Helpful | Level 5
    5 years ago

    Yeah, it's disappointing. 😞

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