SVN folder does not have green icon in Windows7

Question

I am setting up a repository, and for some reason when I create a repository, the directory does not change to displaying the common SVN checkbox.

Are there any common well-known mistakes that cause that?

I am using Windows7

Thanks, Alex

score 6 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 17 '11 at 21:20

Right click on a folder -> TortoiseSVN -> Settings -> Icon overlays -> Exclude paths:

If there are green markers in the checked out subfolders you might have checked out into a subfolder of the folder you are looking at.

There is also some caching issues with TortoiseSVN. TortoiseSVN -> Cleanup usually fixes those.

score 4 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 23 '15 at 10:03

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Right click on a folder -> TortoiseSVN -> Settings -> Icon overlays -> Status Cache.

Select Shell.

answered Oct 23 '15 at 10:03

Scott Jones

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it works! But can you please explain what exactly it does? – Virat18 Aug 14 '19 at 05:46

score 3 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:07

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Not sure if that's exactly your problem, but there is a common problem with the TortoiseSVN overlay icons not showing up in Windows 7:

TortoiseSVN icons not showing up under Windows 7

edited May 23 '17 at 12:07

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answered Feb 17 '11 at 21:18

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score 2 · Answer 4 · edited Aug 08 '16 at 07:32

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If the repository is located on a network drive, no overlays will be shown.

EDIT 08. August 2016
As for TortoiseSVN 1.9.4 on Win10
Right click a folder > TortoiseSVN > Settings > Icon Overlays > Drive Types > mark "Network drives"

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answered Jun 04 '12 at 13:19

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score 1 · Answer 5 · answered Jul 13 '15 at 21:35

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Simply renaming my file(From "DEV" to "DEV_") fixed this for me and this was after restarting my computer and running "Cleanup"

answered Jul 13 '15 at 21:35

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score 1 · Answer 6 · answered Dec 27 '17 at 04:45

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In Windows:

Run regedit.exe in start/windows.
open the path, Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\ShellIconOverlayIdentifiers
Delete/Export all OneDrive entries.
Restart the machine.

Hope it helps.

answered Dec 27 '17 at 04:45

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I have updated Registry key name and keep Tortoise on top of all and it works.. Thanks – Sachin Mar 23 '18 at 05:43

SVN folder does not have green icon in Windows7

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