Note : this also works for NextCloud
UPDATE: here is slightly different approach for Win10 which won't conflict with google drive in case you use both - with old approach, if you go to ownCloud folder via
sidebar icon, and then right click a file and try google drive - share or whatever other option from context menu, it will stop working until you start new instance of explorer.
This approach won't give you this problem.
To cut to the chase, just create the following .bat and mind the Default Icon Path
and of course TargetFolderPath (in this case d:\ownCloud) (Old post and solution is below this code block for your .bat
reg add HKCU\Software\Classes\CLSID\{9499128F-5BF8-4F88-989C-B5FE5F058E79} /ve /t REG_SZ /d "Radius Cloud" /f
reg add HKCU\Software\Classes\CLSID\{9499128F-5BF8-4F88-989C-B5FE5F058E79}\DefaultIcon /ve /t REG_EXPAND_SZ /d "C:\Program Files (x86)\ownCloud\owncloud.exe,0" /f
reg add HKCU\Software\Classes\CLSID\{9499128F-5BF8-4F88-989C-B5FE5F058E79} /v System.IsPinnedToNameSpaceTree /t REG_DWORD /d 0x1 /f
reg add HKCU\Software\Classes\CLSID\{9499128F-5BF8-4F88-989C-B5FE5F058E79} /v SortOrderIndex /t REG_DWORD /d 0x42 /f
reg add HKCU\Software\Classes\CLSID\{9499128F-5BF8-4F88-989C-B5FE5F058E79}\InProcServer32 /ve /t REG_EXPAND_SZ /d %%systemroot%%\system32\shell32.dll /f
reg add HKCU\Software\Classes\CLSID\{9499128F-5BF8-4F88-989C-B5FE5F058E79}\Instance /v CLSID /t REG_SZ /d {0E5AAE11-A475-4c5b-AB00-C66DE400274E} /f
reg add HKCU\Software\Classes\CLSID\{9499128F-5BF8-4F88-989C-B5FE5F058E79}\Instance\InitPropertyBag /v Attributes /t REG_DWORD /d 0x11 /f
reg add HKCU\Software\Classes\CLSID\{9499128F-5BF8-4F88-989C-B5FE5F058E79}\Instance\InitPropertyBag /v TargetFolderPath /t REG_EXPAND_SZ /d D:\ownCloud /f
reg add HKCU\Software\Classes\CLSID\{9499128F-5BF8-4F88-989C-B5FE5F058E79}\ShellFolder /v FolderValueFlags /t REG_DWORD /d 0x28 /f
reg add HKCU\Software\Classes\CLSID\{9499128F-5BF8-4F88-989C-B5FE5F058E79}\ShellFolder /v Attributes /t REG_DWORD /d 0xF080004D /f
reg add HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Desktop\NameSpace\{9499128F-5BF8-4F88-989C-B5FE5F058E79} /ve /t REG_SZ /d ownCloud /f
reg add HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\HideDesktopIcons\NewStartPanel /v {9499128F-5BF8-4F88-989C-B5FE5F058E79} /t REG_DWORD /d 0x1 /f
Here's what I did. If you need help removing it, lemme know. Tested on Win 10 Pro.
Result:
In the script below, you need to :
- Replace each occurence of CLSID with your own (generate one online or use guidgen.exe)
- Specify the path to your ownCloud folder (two occurences) :
"TargetFolderPath"="x:\\pathTo-ownCloudFolder"
You can also replace the default icon by modifing this line (two occurences) :
@="C:\\Program Files (x86)\\ownCloud\\owncloud.exe,0"
If you use NextCloud, you need to change to : @="C:\\Program Files (x86)\\NextCloud\\nextcloud.exe,0"
to show the default icon.
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{9499128F-5BF8-4F88-989C-B5FE5F058E79}]
@="ownCloud"
"System.IsPinnedToNamespaceTree"=dword:00000001
"SortOrderIndex"=dword:00000042
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{9499128F-5BF8-4F88-989C-B5FE5F058E79}\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_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{9499128F-5BF8-4F88-989C-B5FE5F058E79}\ShellFolder]
"FolderValueFlags"=dword:00000028
"Attributes"=dword:f080004d
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\CLSID\{9499128F-5BF8-4F88-989C-B5FE5F058E79}]
@="ownCloud"
"System.IsPinnedToNamespaceTree"=dword:00000001
"SortOrderIndex"=dword:00000042
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\CLSID\{9499128F-5BF8-4F88-989C-B5FE5F058E79}\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_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\CLSID\{9499128F-5BF8-4F88-989C-B5FE5F058E79}\ShellFolder]
"FolderValueFlags"=dword:00000028
"Attributes"=dword:f080004d
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{9499128F-5BF8-4F88-989C-B5FE5F058E79}\DefaultIcon]
@="C:\\Program Files (x86)\\ownCloud\\owncloud.exe,0"
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{9499128F-5BF8-4F88-989C-B5FE5F058E79}\Instance]
"CLSID"="{0E5AAE11-A475-4c5b-AB00-C66DE400274E}"
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{9499128F-5BF8-4F88-989C-B5FE5F058E79}\Instance\InitPropertyBag]
"Attributes"=dword:00000011
"TargetFolderPath"="x:\\pathTo-ownCloudFolder"
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\HideDesktopIcons\NewStartPanel]
"{9499128F-5BF8-4F88-989C-B5FE5F058E79}"=dword:00000001
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Desktop\NameSpace\{9499128F-5BF8-4F88-989C-B5FE5F058E79}]
@="ownCloud"
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\CLSID\{9499128F-5BF8-4F88-989C-B5FE5F058E79}\DefaultIcon]
@="C:\\Program Files (x86)\\owncloud\\owncloud.exe,0"
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\CLSID\{9499128F-5BF8-4F88-989C-B5FE5F058E79}\Instance]
"CLSID"="{0E5AAE11-A475-4c5b-AB00-C66DE400274E}"
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\CLSID\{9499128F-5BF8-4F88-989C-B5FE5F058E79}\Instance\InitPropertyBag]
"Attributes"=dword:00000011
"TargetFolderPath"="x:\\pathTo-ownCloudFolder"