Win64 console errors: electron\dropbox\shell\common\crashpad_lib_loader.cc

Adrian R.1

on Windows 11 25h2 from time to time i'm getting these errors when starting Dropbox via a delayed launcher console script, and the only solution so far is to just wipe manually the bin folder and reinstall Dropbox (without uninstalling).

Dropbox is installed in user scope, not machine scope and I think this happens whenever Dropbox updates itself in the background, at the next start after the background update these errors will start to show…

07:35:05.450 INFO UNKNOWN       [desktop/rust/dropbox/dbx-thread/src/lib.rs:155] Creating thread, name: "JS_HTTP_WORKER"
Sentry Logger [log]: Integration installed: AdditionalContext
Sentry Logger [log]: Integration installed: ChildProcess
Sentry Logger [log]: Integration installed: FunctionToString
Sentry Logger [log]: Integration installed: ElectronBreadcrumbs
Sentry Logger [log]: Integration installed: LinkedErrors
Sentry Logger [log]: Integration installed: MainContext
Running on Windows! SyncEngineApi
Running on Windows! FSSEngineApi
Running on Windows! BackupServiceApi
Running on Windows! AppInfoApi
Running on Windows! AccountApi
Running on Windows! GenericRpcApi
[0501/073505.885:ERROR:electron\dropbox\shell\common\crashpad_lib_loader.cc:109] Cannot load add_simple_annotations function
[0501/073505.885:ERROR:electron\dropbox\shell\common\crashpad_lib_loader.cc:169] No crashpad annotations provided
(electron) 'console-message' arguments are deprecated and will be removed. Please use Event<WebContentsConsoleMessageEventParams> object instead.
JavaScript: '[Tray startup]: AssistantRoot instantiated', 'dbx-local://____REMOVED_THIS_WHEN_POSTING_TO_FORUM___/static/tray/main_bundle.js', 4
JavaScript: 'Accessing and setting values via the DOM directly is highly discouraged. Please refactor to set your value and pass it down via a React prop instead.', 'dbx-local://____REMOVED_THIS_WHEN_POSTING_TO_FORUM___/static/tray/main_bundle.js', 4
JavaScript: '[Tray startup] TrayAssistant mounted', 'dbx-local://____REMOVED_THIS_WHEN_POSTING_TO_FORUM___/static/tray/main_bundle.js', 4
JavaScript: 'Accessing and setting values via the DOM directly is highly discouraged. Please refactor to set your value and pass it down via a React prop instead.', 'dbx-local://____REMOVED_THIS_WHEN_POSTING_TO_FORUM___/static/tray/main_bundle.js', 4
(node:20656) [DEP0040] DeprecationWarning: The `punycode` module is deprecated. Please use a userland alternative instead.
(Use `Dropbox --trace-deprecation ...` to show where the warning was created)
WebContents #7 called ipcRenderer.sendSync() with '__platform/getInjectedValues' channel without listeners.
(node:20656) [DEP0005] DeprecationWarning: Buffer() is deprecated due to security and usability issues. Please use the Buffer.alloc(), Buffer.allocUnsafe(), or Buffer.from() methods instead.

Adrian R.1

p.s. i'm starting Dropbox like this:

@echo off
echo Starting Dropbox with 2 minutes delay and low CPU priority...
timeout 120

cd "%USERPROFILE%"
cd AppData\Roaming\Dropbox\bin
start "Dropbox" /b /low ".\Dropbox.exe"

timeout 60
exit 0

and when appending that —trace-deprecation option to Dropbox.exe i get this error

bn.BUILD_KEY: Dropbox
bn.VERSION: 250.4.3245
bn.constants.WINDOWS_SHELL_EXT_VERSION: 90
bn.is_frozen: True
machine_id: ____REMOVED_THIS_WHEN_POSTING_TO_FORUM___
pid: 27112
cwd: 'C:\\Users\\____REMOVED_THIS_WHEN_POSTING_TO_FORUM___\\AppData\\Roaming\\Dropbox\\bin'
     real_path='C:\\Users\\____REMOVED_THIS_WHEN_POSTING_TO_FORUM___\\AppData\\Roaming\\Dropbox\\bin'
           	mode=0o40777	uid=0	gid=0
     parent	mode=0o40777	uid=0	gid=0
HOME: None
appdata: 'C:\\Users\\____REMOVED_THIS_WHEN_POSTING_TO_FORUM___\\AppData\\Local\\Dropbox'
         real_path='C:\\Users\\____REMOVED_THIS_WHEN_POSTING_TO_FORUM___\\AppData\\Local\\Dropbox'
               	mode=0o40777	uid=0	gid=0
         parent	mode=0o40777	uid=0	gid=0
dropbox_path: None
                    	not found
              parent	not found
sys_executable: 'C:\\Users\\____REMOVED_THIS_WHEN_POSTING_TO_FORUM___\\AppData\\Roaming\\Dropbox\\bin\\Dropbox.exe'
                real_path='C:\\Users\\____REMOVED_THIS_WHEN_POSTING_TO_FORUM___\\AppData\\Roaming\\Dropbox\\bin\\Dropbox.exe'
                      	mode=0o100777	uid=0	gid=0
                parent	mode=0o40777	uid=0	gid=0
trace.__file__: 'C:\\Users\\____REMOVED_THIS_WHEN_POSTING_TO_FORUM___\\AppData\\Roaming\\Dropbox\\bin\\250.4.3245\\python-pypkg.zip\\dropbox\\client\\ui\\common\\boot_error.pyc'
                real_path='C:\\Users\\____REMOVED_THIS_WHEN_POSTING_TO_FORUM___\\AppData\\Roaming\\Dropbox\\bin\\250.4.3245\\python-pypkg.zip\\dropbox\\client\\ui\\common\\boot_error.pyc'
                      	not found
                parent	not found
TMP: E:\TEMP
TEMP: E:\TEMP
tempdir: 'E:\\TEMP'
         real_path='E:\\TEMP'
               	mode=0o40777	uid=0	gid=0
         parent	mode=0o40777	uid=0	gid=0
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "desktop/dropbox/client/main.py", line 10684, in main_startup
  File "desktop/dropbox/client/main.py", line 3238, in initialize
  File "desktop/dropbox/client/main.py", line 1835, in startup_low
  File "desktop/dropbox/client/main.py", line 1640, in _parse_command_line_flags
  File "../win32_x86_64_dropbox_virtual_env/python/Lib/getopt.py", line 136, in gnu_getopt
  File "../win32_x86_64_dropbox_virtual_env/python/Lib/getopt.py", line 157, in do_longs
  File "../win32_x86_64_dropbox_virtual_env/python/Lib/getopt.py", line 174, in long_has_args
getopt.GetoptError: option --trace-deprecation not recognized