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Describing "Enabled Overlay Handlers" is quite a challenge

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  (Default: not checked)    :guilabel:`Enabled Overlay Handlers:` - These settings allow to enable/disable of overlay handlers in the - shared TortoiseOverlays component. The TortoiseOverlays component is shared - by all Tortoises (TortoiseHg, TortoiseSVN, etc), so that Windows overlay - icon slots can be shared. The total number of overlay slots available on - Windows is fairly limited and depends on the exact Windows version used - and on what other programs are installed. For example, on a pristine install + These (per user) settings provide the possibility to disable overlay + icon handlers in the shared TortoiseOverlays component. + The TortoiseOverlays component is shared by all Tortoises (TortoiseHg, + TortoiseSVN, etc), with the goal to avoid registering too many icon slots, + by using a common set of icons slots for all Tortoises (thus using the + same set of icons for all Tortoises). + The total number of overlay slots available on Windows is fairly limited and + depends on the exact Windows version. For example, on a pristine install   of Windows 7, there are only 8 free overlay handler slots available. - This section allows to individually disable certain non-essential overlay - handlers, so that they do not use up an overlay handler slot. - Note that these settings affect ALL Tortoises per user (login). + This section allows to disable certain non-essential overlay + handlers, to reduce icon handler slot consumption by the TortoiseOverlays + component. Unchecking handlers in this section increases the chances that + important handlers like "Normal" (green checkmark) or "Modifed" (red + exclamation mark) will still get an icon slot, even if there are too many + handlers registered on a computer.   Unchecking handlers that are not used by TortoiseHg (that is: Locked,   Readonly, Ignored, Deleted) is highly recommended, if you know that no - other Tortoises (e.g. TortoiseSVN) are installed. Make sure the "Added" - and "Unversioned" handlers are enabled (these are used by TortoiseHg). + other Tortoises (e.g. TortoiseSVN) uses them. + Make sure the "Added" and "Unversioned" handlers are enabled, as these + are used by TortoiseHg.   (Default: all checked)   +.. warning:: + The "Enabled Overlay Handlers" settings affect all Tortoises for a user. + A logoff/login is required to make changes in that section effective. +  :guilabel:`Taskbar:`   Checkmark "Show Icon" to show the icon of the Overlay Icon Server in the   taskbar in the notification area. "Highlight Icon" highlights that icon