How to re-enable green Offline Files icon in Windows 7
Try in a Command Prompt that is Run as Administrator to enter this command:
regsvr32.exe cscui.dll
If this does not work, please clarify the following points :
- Are these offline folders, or do they only contain offline files?
In other words, are they the root offline folders. - Are there any other icons displayed on these folders?
- Do you have TortoiseSVN installed?
What worked for me on Win 10 64:
- regsvr32.exe cscui.dll in admin cmd.exe like proposed in the top post
- start regedit with admin rights
- Go to:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\ShellIconOverlayIdentifiers
- here you see all registered programs providing overlay icons for explorer
- Problem: according to here: http://www.thewindowsclub.com/the-overlay-icons-in-windows-7 only 15 overlays are processed. Which 15 these are is determined by the order of the reg keys
- the order is the key! I suppose that is the reason why e.g. google drive (in my case) add two leading spaces in the name of the key " GoogleDriveSynced" to be at the top of the list and to guarantee to be processed.
- I changed the name of "Offline Files" to " Offline Files" (3 spaces) to get it on top of the list.
- restart windows
- Sync icons occurs again