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lamoidfl's avatar
lamoidfl
Helpful | Level 5
7 months ago

Let users remove Dropbox from the Windows Explorer navigation pane

Dropbox continues to force a navigation pane icon into Windows Explorer without providing any user-facing option to disable or reposition it. Even after I remove it from the registry, Dropbox re-inse...
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gregon's avatar
gregon
Explorer | Level 4
6 months ago

With the recent update the old method of updating the registry no longer seems to work. I'm about to simply uninstall dropbox. That's how much it matters to me. User's have been asking for years to simply add it as an option in the settings. Dropbox could care less about it's users and it shows.

  • Walter's avatar
    Walter
    Icon for Dropbox Community Moderator rankDropbox Community Moderator
    6 months ago

    Hi there gregon - thanks for your feedback on this.

    I've noted in our system for future reference and you can let us know if you have anything else to add. 

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