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New File Box Overlay Icons
Does anyone know what these brown file box overlays are in Dropbox are supposed to mean? I can't find any official documentation about these icons. I only started seeing these recently, and now they are appearing more frequently.
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Something Went Wrong - Error after new install
Hi There, We are running Skype for Business and we are getting an error where the application opens and displays "Something Went wrong". This happens on the latest version, verions 31.x.x.x.x and an older version.
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How to remove a context menu that move to dropbox in windows shell
Hello. "Move to dropbox" context menu in Windows Explorer make me crazy. I don't need the menu, and it is next to the Visual Studio Code context menu, All both icon color is blue. I am confuse. Please let me know how to remove it.
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Linux Dropbox: fatal python exception
Hi everybody, I am new to linux, taking over responsibilty due to a colleague leaving and im very lost. Yesterday, I checked the drobox status on the terminal and it was stuck on dropbox upgrading. I restarted it and now I'm getting the following error with a load of other text: ImportError: libatomic.so.1: cannot open…
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I can't find the option to pause syncing. Can you help?
When I click on profile photo in desktop app I do not get the pause sync option
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I don't know how to upload my resume and transfer it
I’m trying to upload a resume so that I may transfer it to a company, I don’t know how to create the resume, then transfer it
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Driver download file only downloads a PDF, not the driver.
I purchased a Bluetooth USB adapter. It would not install and kept making PC crash. Found a URL that was supposed to take me to a download site. For some reason, it sent me to Dropbox. The options to download are there, and the word "driver" is mentioned, but the only thing I could download was a PDF, not the actual…
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Syncing but not downloading on Fedora 32
Hi All! Here is what happened, I use a bullet point list for clarity 🙂 -I did a fresh install of Fedora 32 on my system. -Installed dropbox from rpm and sudo dnf install... -Installed the daemon as requested -Installed TopIcon Plus -Some files were downloaded meanwhile -I restarted my machine -Dropbox autostarted and the…
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Easy way to filter starred photos
I have a ton of photos that I've gone through one by one and starred the ones I want to be able to move into a separate folder. I now think that the "starring" exercise was useless. How do I find a way to select these starred photos easily to get them into a place where they can be printed?
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Dropbox not syncing files on Mac OS Catalina; No finder integration icons are visible
I'm running Dropbox version v96.4.172 on Mac OS Catalina (10.15.4) - iMac. I have the same OS setup on a Macbook where it works fine. I tried reinstalling Dropbox several times, restarting the computer and removing /Library/Dropbox* and ~/.dropbox/* files. I even unlinked the computer and linked it again. 1) Dropbox sync…
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Remove DB from work computer if laid off
Hello Forum, Unfortunately I did not make it through the covid gauntlet. I was laid off and was not able to disconnect/remove my Dropbox account from my ex-work computer before leaving. I moved all of my files out of DB to my local home computer hard drive ASAP so no one at my old job can peruse, delete, etc. How can I be…
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My AppData folder is more than 24 GB. What gives?
Hi, I have up to 24GB in Users/UserName/AppData/Local/Dropbox/Update/Install. It contains hundreds of subfolders all with some version of Dropbox clients. See attached. I cannot delete them and I want to know how to avoid having them again.
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My desktop app is removed from Windows 10, but there's a Dropbox folder under "Desktop".
I deleted Dropbox from my PC which runs on Windows 10. There is still a Dropbox folder that shows up under “Desktop” in the file explorer navigation pane. There seems to be no option to remove it. How do I delete this?
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How do I preview my thumbnails in large again?
Working with .jpg files. When I first opened the folder the images were large, 3-4 in a row on my large monitor. When I reopened later they were smaller, 6 or 7 to a row. "Large grid" is selected. How do I get back to the large images? Thanks
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Download pdf including comments
Hi we have commented on pdf in the Dropbox comment section. How do u download the pdf including Dropbox comments?
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Cant allow full dropbox site from firewall
I am using a plugin in firefox (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/block-website/?src=featured) i have allowed all this sites. dropbox.com .dropbox dropboxstatic.com Dropbox.app But still i cant access dropbox.com in my firefox browser. Is there anything else i need to allow. Need help . please find attechhed…
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Dropbox desktop app won't load anymore on Windows 10
My desk top Windows 10 Dropbox app worked okay until 10 July. It is version 100.4.409. It now says it won' t load because it needs a QT plug in. I have tried uninstalling the app but it won't uninstall. I tried reinstalling the app but that didn't work and I get the message "the installer encountered error message 2. Does…
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Saving Images Directly from Website
Hi, I am new here and need some help. I am afitness enthusiast and browse through a lot of fitness sites. Is it possible to save images from a direct url to my dropbox account. For instance, if I want to save images from say [removed as per the Community's Guidelines] , is there someway I can do it the way we do it on…
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I'm unable to upload files through a web browser as I'm getting an error. Can you help?
Hello, I have been trying to upload files to the dropbox since this morning, but the procedure is not successful; the system talks about "connection problems", but obviously the connection is there (otherwise I couldn't even access dropobx!). It's not even a space issue, because my dropbox is almost empty. What can I do?…
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Finder and one folder not showing
Hi, I have an issue with one shared subfolder not showing in finder but seen in the desktop app and online. I have restarted finder. I have removed dropbox via activity finder and restarted. I have reinstalled dropbox. All from other article suggestions. I have the lastest dropbox. I am using the lastest Catalina. There…
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Dropbox using Nvidia GPU
Is there a way to prevent dropbox using my Nvidia GPU. Why does it in the first place.
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Is there a way to silently remove the Dropbox app?
Hello, I was looking for a way to silently remove dropbox. I need to do this for a company. I am trying to use DropboxUninstaller.exe /s in SCCM but it's not working. It pops up a box asking if you want to uninstall. I tried looking through the forms but it seems this question has been totally ignored by Dropbox every time…
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The installation of dropboxd can't be completed on my linux box
Hi. I'm trying to install dropbox on my linux box, which is runnnign Debian 9 (stretch). 1. Download of dropbox $ cd ~ && wget -O - "https://www.dropbox.com/download?plat=lnx.x86_64" | tar xzf - 2. Installation (tsuyama means my account) ~/.dropbox-dist/dropboxd dropbox: locating interpreter dropbox: logging to…
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Selective Sync not working and cannot open files
My account is transfered to a business account and now I am trying to unsync the files I don't need as they are taking too much space (~60GB). Did the Selective Sync > Online Only but most files are still in my local. I also cannot open the files. All of them have a grey X (snip below) at the corner of the icon in Windows…
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MAC: Why does Dropbox appear in iCloud Drive settings?
In my Mac's System Preferences for iCloud, iCloud Drive has an Options button next to it. Clicking that shows a list of apps below a statement "Apps which can store documents and data in iCloud will appear here." Most are Apple apps like Mail, Calendar, and other Apple apps. And I understand why I would want to turn them…
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copying images from one folder to another
Hi, I cannot copy an image in one folder and then paste it in another folder. Is there a way to do that?
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Backing up and syncing from external HD to the Dropbox folder issues
Hello, I am getting mixed information from the Dropbox helpdesk and could use some help. I’m a photographer. I have 6.5Tb of photos stored on my External Drobo hard drive. I work from that harddrive on my laptop in Lightroom. I want to keep on doing that but I want my files to back up and sync on line and I would like to…
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My Documents folder has been moved to Dropbox somehow even after uninstalling it. Can you help?
Original objective seemed trivial. Wanted to download a copy of my old files from the Dropbox cloud down to a different computer. After several attempts and a lot of time, I was unable to do that from the browser. (That included posting here. No useful answer but much lower expectations now.) So I finally gave up on that…
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Dropbox Finder integration breaks Quick Look and thumbnails - Mac OS Mojave 10.14
For the past few months I've been having issues with image previews not loading on my Mac in Quick Look, Finder previews or icon thumbnails. I have experienced the problem on both Mac OS High Sierra and Mojave. My colleagues also seem to be experiencing the same issue. I finally took the time this week to figure out what…