I've used TortoiseCVS for quite a while now and recently installed Dropbox onto the same computer. I noticed that after installing Dropbox, most of the icon overlays for TortoiseCVS no longer appeared.
After a quick Google search, I found this helpful Stackoverflow topic. Although the topic mentions the fix is for Windows 7, it worked perfectly on my XP machine. In summary:
- Open regedit and navitage to the following: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\explorer\ShellIconOverlayIdentifiers
- Each type of overlay has its own key. The keys are prioritized in alphabetical order. Since the Dropbox keys appear before the TortoiseCVS keys, there must be a conflict somewhere.
- Add a z_ to the Dropbox keys to push them to the bottom.
- This fix seems to require a restart to take effect.
