Saturday, March 11, 2017

How to remove OneDrive for Business / OneDrive Personal link from the Explorer Side Panel in Windows OS


For OneDrive for Business please follow the below steps:

Go to Run > Type Regedit > Search for "OneDrive - Company Name" and you will find the location

Computer\HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXX}

Where In the subkey System.IsPinnedToNameSpaceTree changed the DWORD from 1 to 0.

Important Note: Make sure you take a back up of registry before making any changes.



For OneDrive Personal
Go to Run > Type Regedit > Search for "OneDrive - Personal" you will find the location
Where In the subkey System.IsPinnedToNameSpaceTree changed the DWORD from 1 to 0.



For Personal mostly the key would be same {HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{018D5C66-4533-4307-9B53-224DE2ED1FE6}.


Important Note: Make sure you take a back up of registry before making any changes.


After making changes in registry in both scenario restart the system and check you should not view the link anymore.

Monday, July 7, 2014

How to: increase File upload/download speed using Explorer/Mapped Drive

To increase the file upload/download speed using Explorer/Mapped Drive, please follow the below steps:

1.             Start | Run | regedit | OK
2.             HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\WebClient\Parameters
3.             Right click on the FileSizeLimitInBytes and click Modify 
4.             Click on Decimal 
5.             In the Value data box, type 4294967295, and then click OK.

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