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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.
This intrusive behavior by software developers is maddening. I have spent a enormous amount of time removing and disabling unwanted, massively annoying "features" inserted by MSFT and others. Why don't they give us the option of removing these items ourselves. The Dropbox icon right at the top of the navigation pane of file explorer is the worst. I am definitely never paying Dropbox a penny unless they remove this icon and I will uninstall Dropbox if I cannot permanently remove the icon via a reasonably straightforward registry hack soon. Hopefully somebody will solve this issue, I don't have time to keep messing with it.
