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Mr T's avatar
Mr T
Helpful | Level 5
6 years ago
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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
    6 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.

L. M.1's avatar
L. M.1
Helpful | Level 5
3 years ago

I understand why you have them, but there should be an option to turn them off. I have my Windows Desktop within DropBox, and they get in the way. I keep turning them off via Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\ShellIconOverlayIdentifiers or using autoruns, but they keep reappearing.

 

The user is right.

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Hannah
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3 years ago

Thanks for taking the time to post to our Community today, L. M.1.

 

We really appreciate your feedback about this.

 

I will personally make sure that your comments are passed along to our team.

 

If you need anything else, please let us know.

 

Have a great day!

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