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TortoiseSVN - Fix icon overlays
@echo off
setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion
rem | TortoiseSVN - Fix icon overlays
rem | =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
rem |
rem | Motivation: every few months, Dropbox/OneDrive/GDrive launch an update which breaks TSVN icon overlays [1].
rem | Fix: run through overlay identifiers and increase TSVN icons using the same hack everyone is using: prepend spaces before
rem |
rem | References:
rem | 1. FAQ · TortoiseSVN:
rem | https://tortoisesvn.net/faq.html#ovlnotall
rem | 2. TortoiseSVN icons not showing up under Windows 7
rem | http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1057734/tortoisesvn-icons-not-showing-up-under-windows-7
rem | 3. The overlays on Win10 don't always show, because there are too many other overlay handlers installed. [...]
rem | https://sourceforge.net/p/tortoisesvn/code/26717/
rem |
rem | Changes:
rem | 2017-01-18 HelderMagalhaes First version.
rem | NOTE: reg always returns "full" paths; the remaining is kept as queried
rem | ("HKLM\SoFtWaRe" becomes "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SoFtWaRe")
set TARGET_KEY=HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\ShellIconOverlayIdentifiers
set RUN_COUNT=0
set ANY_CHANGES=
:Start
set FIRST_ENTRY=
set FIRST_ENTRY_NOT_TSVN=
set CHANGES_DONE=
for /F "tokens=*" %%i in ('reg query "%TARGET_KEY%"') do (
set CURR_LINE=%%i
set CURR_KEY=!CURR_LINE:%TARGET_KEY%\=!
if not defined FIRST_ENTRY (
set FIRST_ENTRY=!CURR_KEY!
echo First entry: "!FIRST_ENTRY!"
)
if not defined FIRST_ENTRY_NOT_TSVN (
if "!FIRST_ENTRY:Tortoise=!"=="!FIRST_ENTRY!" (
set FIRST_ENTRY_NOT_TSVN=1
echo First entry is *not* Tortoise SVN
) else (
echo First entry is *already* Tortoise SVN
goto Finish
)
)
rem | check if name contains "Tortoise"
if not "!CURR_KEY:Tortoise=!"=="!CURR_KEY!" (
echo Detected TSVN entry: "!CURR_KEY!"
if defined FIRST_ENTRY_NOT_TSVN (
rem | add a leading space to TSVN entries to go up in the list
set RENAMED_KEY= !CURR_KEY!
echo Relocating to: "!RENAMED_KEY!"
rem | moving into a key which will be positioned first in the list
rem | (as there is no "reg move" operation, create a copy and then delete the original key)
"%windir%\system32\reg.exe" copy "!CURR_LINE!" "%TARGET_KEY%\!RENAMED_KEY!" /s /f>nul 2>&1
"%windir%\system32\reg.exe" delete "!CURR_LINE!" /f>nul 2>&1
set CHANGES_DONE=1
)
)
)
rem | update runs counter
set /A RUN_COUNT+=1
if %RUN_COUNT% GTR 10 (
rem | protect against forever loop in case some tricky key is using special characters - below ASCII 32
rem | (causing our prefixed TSVN entries to *never* display first in list)
echo Excessive operations detected.
)
rem | if changes were done, we need to run again to make sure TSVN entries are first in the list
rem | (i.e., we may need to prepend several spaces before being #1)
if defined CHANGES_DONE (
set ANY_CHANGES=1
goto Start
)
:Finish
if defined ANY_CHANGES (
set USER_CONFIRM=y
set /P USER_CONFIRM=Do you wish to restart Windows Explorer [!USER_CONFIRM!]?
if /I "!USER_CONFIRM!"=="y" (
"%windir%\system32\taskkill.exe" /F /IM explorer.exe>nul 2>&1
rem | hold a bit before restarting
"%windir%\system32\ping.exe" -n 2 127.0.0.1>nul 2>&1
start "" "%windir%\explorer.exe">nul 2>&1
)
)
echo All done^^!
"%windir%\system32\ping.exe" -n 5 127.0.0.1>nul 2>&1
@photostu
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bless you and your family :)

@davidlav
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Does what it says, works perfectly

@tarakeshp
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Perfect. You are the MAN!

@ChristopheMarques
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Thanks!

@aecanales
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Worked perfectly, thanks!

@kundan52
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Worked Perfectly :)

@HelderMagalhaes
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To be highlighted that this approach works not only for TortoiseSVN but also for other similar projects, such as TortoiseGit, TortoiseHg or (it's ancestor) TortoiseCVS. All these project use a common interface (TortoiseOverlays.dll) which is actually the target for this fix. Enjoy! 😊

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blvbak commented Dec 20, 2023

Hi all

First of all thanks for making this script. I have tried it in windows 11 and has run for over 30 minutes with out completing. Tt writes stuff like:

Relocating to: " Tortoise9Unversioned"
Excessive operations detected.
First entry: " OneDrive1"
First entry is not Tortoise SVN
Detected TSVN entry: " Tortoise1Normal"

Does this indicate that it does not work for windows 11 or is it supposed to take this long?

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