Boxcryptor

Boxcryptor is a discarded storage app.

• Invoke the installer listed on Windows Package Manager:

  winget install -e SecombaGmbH.Boxcryptor

• Download it from the publisher’s website

Enable recycle bin

• Open System Tray > Boxcryptor > Settings > Advanced
  • Start with Windows
  • Check for updates
  • Click Show more settigns
  • Enable recycle bin
  • Auto detect removable drives
  • Auto detect network drives
• Hide Boxcryptor drive from Windows Explorer’s navigation pane
  Enabling recycling bin, mounts Boxcryptor as a fixed drive which makes it a removable drive,
  thus by default Windows shows it in the top level of the navigation pane. To disable:
• Cleanup navigation pane

Remove desktop drive shortcut

• run elevated:

  Remove-Item -Path "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Desktop\NameSpace\{CA9A9348-B9BC-455E-80DC-8E803145F80B}"

  to revert this change:
  New-Item -Path "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Desktop\NameSpace\{CA9A9348-B9BC-455E-80DC-8E803145F80B}" -Value "Boxcryptor"

Redirect This PC folders

How to redirect a Folder in This PC:

• Open Properties > Location > Move
• Enter the new path and click OK
• If asked wether to move the files click Yes

• Redirect the following folders

• Desktop = D:\Desktop

• Documents = D:\OneDrive\Documents

• Downloads = D:\Download

• Music = X:\OneDrive\Musicᴱ

• Videos = X:\OneDrive\Videosᴱ

• Pictures = X:\OneDrive\Picturesᴱ

• 3D Objects = X:\OneDrive\3D-Objectsᴱ

Manually set Pictures folder

if redirecting Pictures fails, do the following

Open Registry at HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders

• My Pictures = X:\OneDrive\Picturesᴱ

• {0DDD015D-B06C-45D5-8C4C-F59713854639} = X:\OneDrive\Picturesᴱ

• {AB5FB87B-7CE2-4F83-915D-550846C9537B} = X:\OneDrive\Picturesᴱ\Eigene Aufnahmen

• {B7BEDE81-DF94-4682-A7D8-57A52620B86F} = X:\OneDrive\Picturesᴱ\Screenshots

• Restart explorer