Add option to disable icon overlays in Windows Explorer

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!

Yeah, it's disappointing. 😞

Walter, the ShellIconOverlayIdentifiers issue is continually annoying to me and other developers who need to prioritise use of overlays.

I've added a 'like' to StopMessingWithOverlayIcons's post - is that where we should be voting?

All the permanent 'accepted solutions' to this so far have involved abandoning Dropbox, and using OneDrive or similar instead.

Mike

The Dropbox leadership needs quit fending off the multitude of small user complaints.  You are a subsidiary and a niche service provider, not a tech giant squatting on an operating system with bundled services.  The giants are like gravity; everyone does business with them, but they want to know everything about their customers in return.  You do not have the ability to compete with them in terms of the breadth of applications and depth of integration they can offer.  As it stands, the only reason anyone would rationally choose Dropbox (or any independent cloud storage provider) over the cloud storage solutions built into every laptop and phone is better privacy; the unenforceable, incomprehensible legal assurances that each giant uses to paper over the ugly reality of their business are not enough for some  of us.  However, if Dropbox wishes to continue to be relevant, they are going to have to do more listening to the little gripes and wants, and engaging.  I believe it should be possible to do this and still make a buck for the bean counters to count, but you are going to have to engage better than the giants do, or I predict you will no longer be relevant a decade from now.  We don't need another take-it-or-leave it service bleeding our bank accounts.

Well said, bcgirton - this must surely be one of the most voted-for features here and yet the powers that be have UTTERLY refused to take any notice.

And yet I'm forever getting emails from Dropbox asking why I don't use their service any more (I received another one just a few minutes ago...)

Let me say it plainly... for those of us affected by this problem IT MAKES DROPBOX TOTALLY UNUSABLE!! So if you want people to come back to Dropbox - FIX THE PROBLEMS!!!!

Who accepted this solution? Can anybody call this a solution? Please fix Dropbox.