On 25.04.2008 13:56, TK Soh wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 12:28 PM, Adrian Buehlmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> On 25.04.2008 11:26, Georg wrote:
>>  > Hi,
>>  >
>>  > one of my colleagues who uses tortoisehg on Windows reports an annoying
>>  > slow down of the Windows explorer once tortoisehg is installed.  I
>>  > figured that would probably be caused by the decoration of the files and
>>  > dirs with the Hg state icons (unchanged, changed, etc.).
>>  >
>>  > Is there a way to turn off the decoration, still keeping the other
>>  > features like tortoisehg context menu?
>>
>>  Yes, if you are not afraid of using regedit.
>>
>>  Start regedit and navigate to
>>
>>  
>> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\ShellIconOverlayIdentifiers
>>
>>  delete the following subkeys:
>>
>>  Changed
>>  Unchanged
>>  Added
> 
> This sort of back-door hack is not recommended. No one can be sure
> what damage it can do down the road.

This is plain FUD.

> Since the worm is already out of the can, if you must, then please
> understand that it will have to be done at your own risk.

This is neither a worm nor risky at all.

Technical details can be found here:
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb776858.aspx

But using TorrtoiseHG or Mercurial is indeed at your own risk,
as the license clearly states that.


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