Fixing TortoiseSVN icons overlay in Windows 10


TortoiseSVN icons overlay (Shell icon overlay) may disappear after installing a software which uses same type of icon overlays like OneDrive, Dropbox.

Editing the order of overlay icon entries in windows registry can fix the problem.

These screen shorts are from a windows 10 desktop with OneDrive and Dropbox.

Step 1. Start Registry editor using run window

run - regedit

Step 2. Backup registry to disk.

backup registry

Step 3. Go to following location in registry

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\ShellIconOverlayIdentifiers

Step 4 . Rename entries

Expanding ShellIconOverlayIdentifiers tree lists all overlay icon entries. Here tortoisesvn icon is displayed after other items (Dropbox). Rename tortoise overlay icon entries by adding more white spaces as a prefix.

Items before editing

In above example, names sorted in ascending order. Adding white spaces at the beginning of the text will change the order of the entries after a restart.

Step 5. Restart and verify

Restart the system. All entries will be rearranged based on the edit. Verify the same.



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