Windows 10: Add or Remove Dropbox Desktop Icon in Windows 10

How to: Add or Remove Dropbox Desktop Icon in Windows 10

How to Add or Remove Dropbox Desktop Icon in Windows 10


Information Dropbox is a file hosting service operated by American company Dropbox, Inc. that offers cloud storage, file synchronization, personal cloud, and client software.

Dropbox is a home for all your photos, docs, videos, and files. Anything you add to Dropbox will automatically show up on all your computers, phones and even the Dropbox website — so you can access your stuff from anywhere.

If you installed the Dropbox app on your PC, then you can add a Dropbox desktop icon to your desktop.

This tutorial will show you how to add or remove a Dropbox desktop icon for your account in Windows 10.


EXAMPLE: Dropbox desktop icon






Here's How:



Note The .reg files below will add and modify the DWORD value in the registry key below.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\HideDesktopIcons\NewStartPanel

{E31EA727-12ED-4702-820C-4B6445F28E1A} DWORD

0 = Add
1 = Remove



1. Do step 2 (add) or step 3 (remove) below for what you would like to do.


2. To Add Dropbox Desktop Icon
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.

Add_Dropbox _Desktop_Icon.reg

Download

3. To Remove Dropbox Desktop Icon
NOTE: This is the default setting.
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.

Remove_Dropbox _Desktop_Icon.reg

Download
4. Save the .reg file to your desktop.

5. Double click/tap on the downloaded .reg file to merge it.

6. If prompted, click/tap on Run, Yes (UAC), Yes, and OK to approve the merge.

7. Refresh (F5) your desktop to apply.

8. You can now delete the downloaded .reg file if you like.


That's it,
Shawn


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I am not sure whether this will work (Ubuntu does not have icons like that on the desktop by default), but I suggest opening the trash bin and sweeping the icons into the window showing the trash bin.

 

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the icons are located in 'all users' folder somewhere (for example, i see a few shared icons in "C:\Users\Public\Desktop" )

The only way to fix those, is to remove the icons from there, and place them on to each users desktops manually. an admin may need to do this.

 

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I want to remove some Icons from my desktop, but Vista asks for Admin permission to continue (I'm not an admin *Frown ).
It seems that whenever I delete one of these icons from my desktop, it is also removed from all the other user accounts. For example, I deleted the Skype icon from my desktop, and it was then removed from everyone elses as well.
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In ccleaner, did you uncheck cleaning the icon cache... have not used in a while; however, I think that is what the option is called.

Now, if you are setting the icons and they move after you have set the settings and not changed them... you may have the "Random Windows 10 Icon movement problem".
Some people have this and some don't.

Here is a thread on the problem at Windows10 forums: Windows 10: Folder View Settings and Desktop Icon Positions Not Saving

 

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can't you just right click on them and choose remove? also i think it depends on the gui you are using.

http://fedorasolved.org/Members/realz/how-to-to-remove-icons-from-the-desktop-in-gnome