Wednesday, 15 February 2012

Dropbox folder icon overlay problem and solution

After installed Dropbox, TortoriseSVN 64, and Office 2010 on Windows 7 Enterprise, Dropbox folders do not show proper icons. Two possible reasons:

1) Conflicts between TortoiseSVN and Microsoft Office 2010. The reason is that SharePoint Workspace adds a few Groove Explorer Icon overlays to the system.
Fix: Remove Microsoft SharePoint Workspace.

2) Conflicts between TortoiseSVN and Dropbox: Fix (Copied from http://bit.ly/wW7bsZ):
Step1: Start the registry editor (regedit) and navigate to the:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\
  Explorer\ShellIconOverlayIdentifiers
Step2: Backup the entire branch. JIC.
Step3: Rename overlays that are rarely used and not essential for everyday work. I personally added 'Z_' to these:
  • Offline Files
  • TortoiseLocked
  • TortoiseIgnored
  • TortoiseUnversionsed
Step4: Reboot. (Or just restart Windows Explorer)

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