How to Add or Remove Dropbox Context Menu in Windows


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, a Dropbox context menu will be added for when you right click on your files and folders.

This tutorial will show you how to add and remove the Dropbox context menu for all users when the Dropbox app is installed in Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 10.

You must be signed in as an administrator to add or remove the Dropbox context menus.

The Dropbox context menus will only be available while the Dropbox app is running.

EXAMPLE: Dropbox context menus



Here's How:

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

2 To Add Dropbox Context Menu

This is the default setting.

A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.

Add_Dropbox_context_menu.reg

Download

(Contents of .reg file for reference)

Code:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\DropboxExt]
@="{ECD97DE5-3C8F-4ACB-AEEE-CCAB78F7711C}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\DropboxExt]
@="{ECD97DE5-3C8F-4ACB-AEEE-CCAB78F7711C}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\DropboxExt]
@="{ECD97DE5-3C8F-4ACB-AEEE-CCAB78F7711C}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\lnkfile\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\DropboxExt]
@="{ECD97DE5-3C8F-4ACB-AEEE-CCAB78F7711C}"

3 To Remove Dropbox Context Menu

A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.

Remove_Dropbox_context_menu.reg

Download

(Contents of .reg file for reference)

Code:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\DropboxExt]

[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\DropboxExt]

[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\DropboxExt]

[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\lnkfile\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\DropboxExt]

4 Save the .reg file to your desktop.

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

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

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


That's it,
Shawn

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