Don’t want Move to Dropbox Context Menu entry? here is how to remove it. Yesterday Dropbox 2.4 has been released with Screenshot sharing feature, it also adds Move to Dropbox option to context menu for files or folders, which appears when you right click on them. This option allows you to send selected file or folder to Dropbox folder on Windows, they will be automatically synchronized to your Dropbox on the web.
If you feel your context menu already cluttered with useless entries and you don’t need this option any more, then you can easily remove it using following methods. Both are easy to follow.
DropboxExt.22.dll location
Before proceeding with these methods, you should know the file related to Move to Dropbox resides in following path as DropboxExt.22.dll
Path: C:Users[usename]AppDataRoamingDropboxbin
Removing Move to Dropbox from Context Menu using Command Prompt
1. Open command prompt as administrator.
2. Run the following command
regsvr32 /u “C:Users[username]AppDataRoamingDropboxbinDropboxExt.22.dll”
Note: Before running the command you need to replace username with yours.
3. Unregistering of that file is succeeded dialog will be shown on screen.
4. That’s it, Move to Dropbox context menu item has been removed. To confirm, select a file or folder on desktop and right click on it where it no longer appears.
Re-enabling Move to Dropbox entry on Context menu
1. Open command prompt as administrator
2. Run the following command
regsvr32 “C:Users[username]AppDataRoamingDropboxbinDropboxExt.22.dll”
Replace username with yours.
3. RegSvr 32 dialog shows DllregisterServer succeeded in registering that file message on screen.
In both the above cases, you don’t need to restart your computer.
Removing Move to Dropbox on Context Menu using CCleaner
Here is another method which makes these things easy, but you needed to be using CCleaner for this. Here system restart is required for changes to take effect.
Not installed? use CCleaner portable then.
1. Open CCleaner, Tools>Startup>Context Menu tab
2. Select DropboxExt and click on Disable button, restart you computer.
To re-enable it again
1. Visit Context Menu tab in Startup section of CCleaner Tools
2. Select DropboxExt and click on enable button,
3. Restart your computer to apply the changes.
