tortoise svn folder icons not coming

Question

I have been experiencing a problem with tortoise .

when i checked out the code the tortoise icons usually green or red on the folders are not coming.Any solution???

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

1 - Check If Your TortoiseSVN Settings are Correct

Right-Click in an SVN Folder >> TortoiseSVN >> Settings

Select Icon Overlays:
1. Status Cache to Default
2. Drive Types: (SELECT) Network Drive, Fixed Drive

2 - Find out if there are too many Icon Sets installed in Windows

Window allows up to 11 IconSets, if other programs like DropBox are installed they will hijack those spots

Since we are working in the registry, be careful not to edit things, unless you are sure!

1. Run regedit
2. Navigate to:
   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/MICROSOFT/WINDOWS/EXPLORER/ShellIconOverlayIdentifiers
   
3. If there are more than 11 Folders, then you have too many IconSets
   :: In my case, it was because of DropBox - the folder names were ("DropboxExt1","DropboxExt2") and my Tortoise was named (1TortoiseNormal,2TortoiseModified)
   --The problem is that Windows reads this and enables them based on alpha numeric order ('"' comes before '1' in the alphanumeric stack)
   
   SOLUTION : If you had the same problem as me, you can simply rename the Dropbox registry listings. I renamed my Dropbox listings from('"DropboxExt1"') to ('X"DropboxExt1"'), just adding an 'X' to the beginning of the registry.
   >>Restart your machine to see the registry listing take effect.