Add or Remove Google Drive from Navigation Pane in Windows 10

Brink · 04 Dec 2018

jarhead16 said:

hey brink!

I attempted to remove and re-add the folder from the navigation pane but it still hasn't added the icon. Any thoughts?

In that case sign out and sign in to apply after merging the .reg file to add it.

jarhead16 · 04 Dec 2018

Sign out of what? Google drive?

Brink · 04 Dec 2018

jarhead16 said:

Sign out of what? Google drive?

Sorry. Sign out of Windows, then sign back in.

jarhead16 · 04 Dec 2018

Brink said:

Sorry. Sign out of Windows, then sign back in.

Still no luck unfortunately.

Brink · 04 Dec 2018

jarhead16 said:

Still no luck unfortunately.

Hmm, are you using the latest version of the Google Backup and Sync program?

jarhead16 · 04 Dec 2018

Yes! 3.43.1584.4446

Brink · 04 Dec 2018

jarhead16 said:

Yes! 3.43.1584.4446

In that case, check to see if you have the file at the location below. This is the file that contains the referenced icon.

C:\Program Files\Google\Drive\googledrivesync.exe

If it's not there, did you install the program at a different location?

jarhead16 · 04 Dec 2018

No it's there haha. This is so weird. I even tried reinstalling Backup and Sync and nothing

Brink · 04 Dec 2018

jarhead16 said:

No it's there haha. This is so weird. I even tried reinstalling Backup and Sync and nothing

I must admit that I'm not sure why it's not using the correct icon for you.

jarhead16 · 05 Dec 2018

Brink said:

I must admit that I'm not sure why it's not using the correct icon for you.

I got it to switch to what's in the attached picture by editing the registry! In Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\CLSID\{3935ea0f-5756-4db1-8078-d2baf2f7b7b2}\DefaultIcon, my registry said: C:\Program Files\Google\Drive\googledrivesync.exe,15.
I changed it to: C:\Program Files\Google\Drive\googledrivesync.exe,0 and it worked.