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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 the link cluttering up the Navigation Pane, or the Desktop for that matter.

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Pikamander2

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.

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Tommy J.1

Mike,

That solved it for me.

Thanks MUCHO!

Helias V.

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

klepp0906

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....

Helias V.

after some reboots, it cured itself on both my PCs... So, this solution seems to work at last.

stephtr

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.

Jane

Hey all,

Thanks for pinging! I've made sure this post has an accepted solution, so that others will fin it easily!

Cheers,

JaneA

daslicht

@DropBox:
Please add the option to the Dropbox Application so that we dont have to mess around with the Registry at all !

Just make it optional that Dropbox write the Value in the Registry !

Andy a.2

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:00000001

This hid both of them and after a week they are still hidden.

DC_Lawrence

Just uninstall the program from the control panel.

Tommy J.1

Seriously? You take the time to respond only to be an idiot?

Jane

Hey all,

If it’s not too much trouble for you, would you mind taking a minute of your time to fill out a survey sharing your experience using the Dropbox Community? You can access it here: http://bit.ly/2lNKIxT .

[ Please feel free to get back in touch here at any time if you have any other Dropbox questions or experience any issues in the future. ]

Happy Dropboxing!

Bill7

I've uninstalled Dropbox completely, rebooted, removed all Dropbox appdata folders for every user and every other file/folder/link/entry by searching the entire C: drive (the only drive), rebooted, removed every single Dropbox folder or entry in the registry, rebooted, rebooted, rebooted, checked the Autoruns program I use, and then rechecked everything again. So there does not appear to be anything left saying "dropbox" in any of the usual places. But still, the Dropbox link remains in the Navigation Pane on Windows 10, with apparently no way to delete it directly.

Some folks think that Microsoft itself may be providing a Dropbox folder by default, even if you don't install Dropbox. But the link only appears for the one Winders user on my computer where Dropbox was set up, not any others. If Microsoft had placed this in as a default link, it would make sense that it would appear for all users. So I'm not buying that this is a Microsoft default.

There must be somewhere else then where some peice of Dropbox remains, perhaps not even called "dropbox" so it does not show up in any file or registry searches.

addysoftware

Thanks!

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