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Here are some of our most frequently asked questions. If you have a question that isn't covered by the FAQ's please create a new topic here. I can't link my personal and business Dropbox accounts If you're trying to connect two Dropbox accounts - such as a personal and a business account - but keep getting an error, these…
"Meet Your New Sidebar" keeps popping up every time I access Dropbox in my web browser. If I hit Next and then close, it will come back again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again forever. How can I get…
A new update of Dropbox was pushed to me today. It added a new set of options related to screenshots. Show quick action after screenshot... I dislike this, I preferred just getting the notification, but at least I can turn this off. When Screenshot is ready... "Copy link to clipboard" or "Copy Picture to clipboard" I…
I am unable to update my email address because the link from Drop Box does not arrive. I have checked the Spam folders. I have tested that the email address receives from other senders. Drop Box sent me several other mails congratulating me on joining this Support Forum. Which would be hilarious if it weren't that I am…
When I attempt to set up a backup using TaskbarIcon|Profile|Preferences|Backup, then choose "Mange Backups" in the Windows section, all I'm presented with for backup sources are a few generic folders, like "Documents" and "Desktop", which are of no value to me for Backup, because they're being Synced already. I can't for…
After getting a very inadequate response from DropBox, I am seeking help from the community. After my computer restarted after uploading some windows 10 changes, I ended up with a splash screen for DropBox. Clinking on it, I found that I had loaded in another DropBox application which had no files and only the starter file…
Hi! I had a Dropbox account set up with my email address which is a Gmail address. I accidentally opted to log in with that same email through the Google option and now all of my data is gone from the other account. I can't log back in because it basically transferred me to a Google account with that email. Please someone…
Newbie here. My dearest tech gal friend Karen (BFF too genetic) who used to help me through these dilemmas passed during Covid but I do try to carry on as she taught me. Learning and searching and stretching my boundaries. Little over a week ago my 3 year old HP Envy hit be with that dreaded blue screen of death. I fought…
I have been seriously confused by the buttons on the "Preferences" menu and elsewhere. Nothing says whether the button that is a black dot on a white slide means on or what a white button on a black background means. There should be text that says "on" and "off" when the button dot is slid one way or the others.
Have just purchased two new machines and am being driven nutts by Dropbox. I have a business and a personal account. On my prior machines both appeared in File Explorer. With them linked or unlinked, I can only get one to appear. HAve Dropbox seriously removed this feature? If not, how can I get both to appear?
I keep getting updated to the beta when i dont want the beta anymore. it sucks and i turned off early access in my account. can some smart person from dropbox just remove me from the beta forever? its horrible and I never want it again
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