Add or Remove Google Drive from Navigation Pane in Windows 10  

I figured it out. Set targetfolderpath to regsz string and use D:\, E:\, F:\, etc. depending on what the letter is, for the value.

Hi Brink..

Can you help me to remove Google Drive folder from my Windows Explorer pane?
It seems like doesn't work in my computer. I don't know what I missed. I'm not very professional user, so I think maybe you can help me. Many thanks before.

Brink said:

Hello, and welcome.

The remove option in this tutorial only works if you used step 2 to add it. Otherwise, it may have been added by Google Drive instead.

Export the two keys below as REG files, then upload the REG files here to see if we can spot the entries for this Google Drive.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Desktop\NameSpace

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\HideDesktopIcons\NewStartPanel

Hi Brink, thanks for replying. Here's the REG files as you suggestion. I named it REG_1 and REG_2.

Reg_1.reg
Reg_2.reg

Brink said:

I found the registry entry for your Google Drive in the navigation pane. The REG file below should remove it for you.

Remove_Google_Drive_from_navigation_pane.reg

(Contents of REG file for reference)

Code:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\CLSID\{81539FE6-33C7-4CE7-90C7-1C7B8F2F2D41}]
"System.IsPinnedToNamespaceTree"=dword:00000000

[-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Desktop\NameSpace\{81539FE6-33C7-4CE7-90C7-1C7B8F2F2D41}]

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\HideDesktopIcons\NewStartPanel]
"{81539FE6-33C7-4CE7-90C7-1C7B8F2F2D41}"=-

Already did that you suggest and it's work. Many thanks.

Hello Brink,
I normally add more than one, up to 4 google drives. Please could you let me know as to how the reg. file can be updated by me.
For now, I need to add a second drive icon the target paths are below:

Drive: "Y:\Google Drive Jashnani.Apps"

Program: "C:\Program Files\Google\Drive File Stream"

The 1st drive Icon that is working correctly is:

Drive: "Y:\Google Drive Harkishan"

Program: "C:\Program Files\Google\Drive File Stream"

If possible please let me know as to how I could modify the reg to add more drive icons in future
Please find the existing registry entries in the attached file
Thank You for any help you can offer.

Existing Drive Icon Registry

• The icon that has been added and is working is:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{CFE8B367-77A7-41D7-9C90-75D16D7DC6B6}]
@="Harkishan Google"
"SortOrderIndex"=dword:00000042
"System.IsPinnedToNamespaceTree"=dword:00000001

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{CFE8B367-77A7-41D7-9C90-75D16D7DC6B6}\DefaultIcon]
@="C:\\Program Files\\Google\\Drive File Stream\\drive_fs.ico"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{CFE8B367-77A7-41D7-9C90-75D16D7DC6B6}\InProcServer32]
@=hex(2):25,00,53,00,59,00,53,00,54,00,45,00,4d,00,52,00,4f,00,4f,00,54,00,25,\
00,5c,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,73,00,68,00,\
65,00,6c,00,6c,00,33,00,32,00,2e,00,64,00,6c,00,6c,00,00,00
"ThreadingModel"="Apartment"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{CFE8B367-77A7-41D7-9C90-75D16D7DC6B6}\Instance]
"CLSID"="{0E5AAE11-A475-4c5b-AB00-C66DE400274E}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{CFE8B367-77A7-41D7-9C90-75D16D7DC6B6}\Instance\InitPropertyBag]
"Attributes"=dword:00000011
"TargetFolderPath"="Y:\Google Drive Harkishan"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{CFE8B367-77A7-41D7-9C90-75D16D7DC6B6}\ShellFolder]
"FolderValueFlags"=dword:00000028
"Attributes"=dword:f080004d

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{CFE8B367-77A7-41D7-9C90-75D16D7DC6B6}\TypeLib]
@="{E27EC053-3263-4908-8ECD-5AFDFB754728}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{CFE8B367-77A7-41D7-9C90-75D16D7DC6B6}\Version]
@="1.0"

• Based on the above I tried using the script below, for the 2nd drive icon but it did not work.

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{CFE8B367-77A7-41D7-9C90-75D16D7DC6B7}]
@="Jashnani.Apps"
"System.IsPinnedToNamespaceTree"=dword:00000001
"SortOrderIndex"=dword:00000042


[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{CFE8B367-77A7-41D7-9C90-75D16D7DC6B7}\DefaultIcon]
@="C:\\Program Files\\Google\\Drive File Stream\\drive_fs.ico"


[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{CFE8B367-77A7-41D7-9C90-75D16D7DC6B7}\InProcServer32]
@=hex(2):25,00,53,00,59,00,53,00,54,00,45,00,4d,00,52,00,4f,00,4f,00,54,00,25,\
00,5c,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,73,00,68,00,\
65,00,6c,00,6c,00,33,00,32,00,2e,00,64,00,6c,00,6c,00,00,00


[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{CFE8B367-77A7-41D7-9C90-75D16D7DC6B7}\Instance]
"CLSID"="{0E5AAE11-A475-4c5b-AB00-C66DE400274E}"


[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{CFE8B367-77A7-41D7-9C90-75D16D7DC6B7}\Instance\InitPropertyBag]
"Attributes"=dword:00000011
"TragetFolderPath"="Y:\\Google Drive Jashnani.Apps"


[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{CFE8B367-77A7-41D7-9C90-75D16D7DC6B7}\ShellFolder]
"FolderValueFlags"=dword:00000028
"Attributes"=dword:f080004d