How to Register Icon Overlay Handlers
In addition to normal Component Object Model (COM) registration, the following steps must be completed in order to register icon overlay handlers.
Instructions
Step 1: Create a subkey named for the handler under this key
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Software
Microsoft
Windows
CurrentVersion
Explorer
ShellIconOverlayIdentifiers
Step 2: Set the default value of the subkey to the string form of the object's class identifier (CLSID)GUID
The following example illustrates how to register an icon overlay handler named MyOverlay.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Software
Microsoft
Windows
CurrentVersion
Explorer
ShellIconOverlayIdentifiers
MyOverlay
(Default) = {MyOverlay CLSID GUID}
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