Disable Explorer ads in Windows 10

The operating system 10 from Microsoft differs in many ways from the previous version. It is the latest version of Windows according to Microsoft, and is still offered as a free upgrade to license holders of the company's older operating systems.

With regard to now in Windows not something completely unknown, but as it seems Windows 10, they are promoting it like never before.Windows 10

Ads appear on the lockscreen, start menu, share menu, and bar . They don't show up all the time, as Microsoft is probably still trying to keep up appearances. So there are users who see them and others who don't.

Of course, Microsoft calls these ads "suggestions."

These ads or suggestions, as refined by Microsoft, serve a variety of purposes. First, they promote Microsoft software to users, for example, Edge, instead of Firefox or Chrome, and second, they encourage users to use the Windows Store instead of third-party applications from the Start menu.

Additionally, there have been warnings for signing up for other Microsoft services, such as Onedrive.

Windows 10, most recently started showing ads on File Explorer. Yes, Windows Explorer is renamed and used to browse system folders.

A a user at Reddit, noticed the ad when I opened Explorer on a Windows 10 Home computer that was recently upgraded from Windows 8.1.

To αστείο στην υπόθεση είναι ότι ο έχει ήδη συνδρομή στο Office 365.

The ad as you see appears at the top of File Explorer.

Let's see how you can disable these ads.

To turn off ads in File Explorer, you need to do the following:

Open File Explorer in Windows 10 or simply open a folder.
From the Archive at the top, go to Options.
From the View menu, open the Folder Options window.
Scroll down until you find “Show notifications of providing synchronization".
Uncheck this box.
Click Apply and OK.

Second way from the Registry

You can change the setting using the Windows registry.

In the search box, type regedit.exe and press the Enter key.


Confirm the UAC.
Follow her :

HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Explorer \ Advanced

On the right you will see “ShowSyncProviderNotifications”
Double click on the to change its value.
If you set its value to 0, the function will be deactivated, in 1, the function is turned on.

If you do not find ShowSyncProviderNotifications at the above address you can create it yourself by right-clicking on Advanced on the left-hand side and selecting New - Dword (32-bit) Value. Name ShowSyncProviderNotifications, and set its value to 0 (off) or 1 (on).

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