ShellIconOverlayIdentifiers Windows Delete/Rename OneDrive Keys

Question

I'm currently dealing with ShellIconOverlayIdentifiers in Windows, where I'm trying to delete (or rename) some OneDrive keys in the registry. I'm using Windows 10 64-Bit, admin account. Since only a few number of such ShellIconOverlayIdentifiers are possible at the same time on Windows, I want to delete the OneDrive keys (or at least rename them with e.g. a "z" prefix to appear at the end) to make e.g. my DropBox icons showing up again.

I navigated to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\ShellIconOverlayIdentifiers. Deleting/Renaming e.g. a Tortoise key is not a problem at all, but only the OneDrive keys causing trouble.

Acutally, when I tried to delete/rename them, an error message showed up: OneDriveX cannot be deleted. Failure while trying to delete the key. Note that this is my translation of the error message and that X has to be replaced by the actual number.

I also tried to right click on such a key -> permissions to give me full access. But when I click on OK, an error message shows up like: The permission information for OneDriveX has not been saved. Access denied.

Does anyone know how to get rid of those OneDrive keys or already had the same problem?

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

This is somewhat tedious, but you can do it like this:

1. Obtain ownership of each key by right clicking it, then clicking "Advanced", the "Change" near Owner: TrustedInstaller - use "Administrators"
2. Give "Administrators" "Full access"
3. Delete key