Skip to content

Add icon overlay for shared folders not working in Windows 11 24H2 #2188

New issue

Have a question about this project? Sign up for a free GitHub account to open an issue and contact its maintainers and the community.

By clicking “Sign up for GitHub”, you agree to our terms of service and privacy statement. We’ll occasionally send you account related emails.

Already on GitHub? Sign in to your account

Open
rixtech opened this issue Apr 14, 2025 · 0 comments
Open

Add icon overlay for shared folders not working in Windows 11 24H2 #2188

rixtech opened this issue Apr 14, 2025 · 0 comments
Labels
Bug Something isn't working right.

Comments

@rixtech
Copy link

rixtech commented Apr 14, 2025

Describe the bug

I have ticked the usual settings in the File Pane of Classic Explorer (see screenshot) but the shared folder icon overlay does not appear in Windows 11 File Explorer navigation pane.

Image

Share folder "share" has no icon overlay

Image

Area of issue

Windows Explorer

To reproduce

  1. Click the blue shell icon in File Explorer to open Classic Explorer Settings
  2. Select the "File Pane" tab
  3. Tick the following:
    • Add icon overlay for shared folders
    • Share overlay icon - click the meatball button, choose your preferred icon
    • Show hidden shares (optional)
    • Show overlay on in Explorer
  4. Click OK
  5. Sign out of Windows
  6. Sign into Windows
  7. Open a File Explorer window
  8. Look for the overlays on shared folders
  9. Curse
  10. Restart Windows
  11. Open a File Explorer window
  12. Look for the overlays on shared folders
  13. Cry

Expected behavior

Expected to see my chosen icon on shared folders, e.g.

Image

Open-Shell version

4.4.195

Windows version

Windows 11 24H2

Additional context

Something else I notice since the March Windows 11 update is that the Classic Shell toolbar is now right justified instead of left justified. It maybe unrelated. Or it could be that the Microsoft Windows UI team are looking to find new ways to annoy users of Open/Classic Shell.

Image

@rixtech rixtech added the Bug Something isn't working right. label Apr 14, 2025
Sign up for free to join this conversation on GitHub. Already have an account? Sign in to comment
Labels
Bug Something isn't working right.
Projects
None yet
Development

No branches or pull requests

1 participant