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How does one remove the Dropbox link from the Navigation Pane om Windows 10?
I don't notice it on Win8.1, but I have already hacked out a bunch of stuff in the registry on Win8.1. I have the Dropbox folder conveniently located in the root of a second hard drive, I don't need ...
Okay, I think I figured out how to do it. There's only one key value that you have to change, but you also have to change its permissions so that Dropbox won't change it back.
First you have to go to:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{E31EA727-12ED-4702-820C-4B6445F28E1A}
And set the System.IsPinnedToNamespaceTree value to 0.
This will remove it from the File Explorer's navigation pane.
Afterwards, you'll need to prevent Dropbox from changing the value back.
To do this, right click the {E31EA727-12ED-4702-820C-4B6445F28E1A} key and then click Permissions. Click Advanced, and then click Add. In the dialog box that appears, type Everyone, and then click OK. Change the type to Deny, and make it apply to This key only. Click Show advanced permissions, and check the Set Value box.
Afterwards, click OK and Dropbox should no longer be able to modify that value. Hopefully Dropbox or Microsoft will make this kind of thing easier someday.
Okay, I think I figured out how to do it. There's only one key value that you have to change, but you also have to change its permissions so that Dropbox won't change it back.
First you have to go to:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{E31EA727-12ED-4702-820C-4B6445F28E1A}
And set the System.IsPinnedToNamespaceTree value to 0.
This will remove it from the File Explorer's navigation pane.
Afterwards, you'll need to prevent Dropbox from changing the value back.
To do this, right click the {E31EA727-12ED-4702-820C-4B6445F28E1A} key and then click Permissions. Click Advanced, and then click Add. In the dialog box that appears, type Everyone, and then click OK. Change the type to Deny, and make it apply to This key only. Click Show advanced permissions, and check the Set Value box.
Afterwards, click OK and Dropbox should no longer be able to modify that value. Hopefully Dropbox or Microsoft will make this kind of thing easier someday.
Another (maybe cleaner) solution is to navigate to
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\NonEnum]
and add a dword named {E31EA727-12ED-4702-820C-4B6445F28E1B} with value 1.
An advantage is that this key doesn't get overriden by Dropbox.
Another "thank you, thank you, thank you"
I have a buinsess dropbox account and linked personal account and struggled to get rid of them from explorer
Just search in reg for the other guids to remove .
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\NonEnum]
"{E31EA727-12ED-4702-820C-4B6445F28E1B}"=dword:00000001
"{E31EA727-12ED-4702-820C-4B6445F28E1A}"=dword:00000001This hid both of them and after a week they are still hidden.
Thanks!
Perferctly worked! Thank you!
Now (creators update in x64 system) it seems that this solution works only partly... there appears a "dropbox-NamespaceExtensionRole.Personal (32-bit)" instead of old dropbox after the solution... Please inform us of any new idea :)
- yup. wasted far too many hours of my life on this. With the amount of money dropbox must be turning over... its amazing that features to customize in this way (among others) arent long baked-in.
Even more insane it brute forces its way over any "hack" you try to implement. Ive done batch files, reg entries and deletions, third party software.
Not only does it always return, but evne if you move its place within the navigation pane it moves itself back!!
Amazing....after some reboots, it cured itself on both my PCs... :) :) So, this solution seems to work at last.
I still think that HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\NonEnum is a better place for blocking Dropbox. There it isn't necessary to change permissions of any keys.
