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Application Affected Dropbox Device HP generic, new, laptop Operating System/Browser (if using the web) Windows 11 Dropbox App Version (if using the app) Can't really tell since it won't start Question or Issue Have been using Dropbox for years. Recently had to get a new laptop because of work issues. I downloaded the app…
How is it possible for an app this old to still not allow a user to alter the field length? 20 odd characters is grossly insufficient for anyone with real organisation habits. Why can I not simply see longer file names? Why? What is the justification for this? Take myself, a 3d modeller. I constantly have files that are…
Hello, after moving my Dropbox folder from C:\ to D:\ on my PC (Windows 10), I got the error message "couldn't start Dropbox" together with the following detailed error message: bn.BUILD_KEY: Dropboxbn.VERSION: 250.4.3245bn.constants.WINDOWS_SHELL_EXT_VERSION: 90bn.is_frozen: Truemachine_id:…
I've been a Dropbox user for many years. Within the last few months, whenever Dropbox automatically updates on my Mac currently running macOS 15.5 I've noted that in Finder I will see a message above files in my Dropbox folder of "The application "Dropbox" could not be found." and nothing will sync, even though Dropbox is…
This is a technical question based on research I've been doing related to the recent issue with Boxifier no longer working with the latest version of Dropbox, and an inability to get a response from Boxifier support. In my research I've come across information that Dropbox has, with version 243.4.6956, moved from a…
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Please support the new NSFileProviderSearching API that allows Spotlight in macOS Tahoe to search cloud files. https://developer.apple.com/documentation/fileprovider/nsfileprovidersearching
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Application Affected Dropbox on Windows PC and iMac Sequoia Device Windows PC and iMac Sequoia Operating System/Browser (if using the web) Latest Windows, iOS 15.7.4 After a routine restart, the Dropbox desktop app lost its login state and now cannot relink to the existing File Provider folder at…
I've been using Dropbox successfully for years on three devices including an old tablet running Android 5.1.1. That machine was getting rather cluttered so I decided to tidy it up by uninstalling several unused apps, but inadvertently also removed Dropbox. I've now tried to re-install Dropbox but I get "not compatible with…
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