How to remove OneDrive from the Windows Explorer Navigation pane in Windows 8.1 (PowerShell)

Introduction

This script is to remove OneDrive from the Windows Explorer Navigation pane in Windows 8.1.

Scenarios

Some users want to remove OneDrive from the Windows Explorer Navigation pane due to some reasons.

Script

Step 1: Right click the script and select Run with administrator.

Step 2: Then after the script finishes execution, you will need to restart your computer to take effect.

Here are some code snippets for your reference:

New-PSDrive -PSProvider registry -Root HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT  -Name HKCR | Out-Null
$Path = "HKCR:\CLSID\{8E74D236-7F35-4720-B138-1FED0B85EA75}\ShellFolder"
$value = Get-ItemProperty -path $Path -Name Attributes
if($value.Attributes -eq 4034920525)
{
    Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name Attributes -value 2668101709 
    write-host "You have removed the OneDrive from Windows explorer navigation, you need to restart computer to take effect."
}
Else
{
    Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name Attributes -value 4034920525
    write-host "You have added the OneDrive from Windows explorer navigation, you need to restart computer to take effect."
}
Restart-Computer -Confirm:$true

New-PSDrive -PSProvider registry -Root HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT  -Name HKCR | Out-Null 
$Path = "HKCR:\CLSID\{8E74D236-7F35-4720-B138-1FED0B85EA75}\ShellFolder" 
$value = Get-ItemProperty -path $Path -Name Attributes 
if($value.Attributes -eq 4034920525) 
{ 
    Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name Attributes -value 2668101709  
    write-host "You have removed the OneDrive from Windows explorer navigation, you need to restart computer to take effect." 
} 
Else 
{ 
    Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name Attributes -value 4034920525 
    write-host "You have added the OneDrive from Windows explorer navigation, you need to restart computer to take effect." 
} 
Restart-Computer -Confirm:$true

Prerequisite

Windows 8 or higher version

OneDrive

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