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Can I hide the Dropbox icon from the menu bar?
Can I remove the dropbox icon from the status bar, and later get it back without jeopardizing my dropbox account during that period?
Blue Screen of Death on Win10
Good morning. Apologies for the very vague question. We are running Dropbox on 2 Win10 PCs. One runs absolutely fine but, on the other, it will run for maybe 30 seconds and then cause the PC to crash with a Blue Screen of Death. Could you provide any advice on how I can go about determining what the conflict is that causes…
Unable to install Dropbox on Ubuntu 20.04
Hi, With this morning updates on beta version of Ubuntu Focal (20.04), system uninstalled Dropbbox because it updated package libpango. So I downloaded the new deb package on Dropbox site, and saw that it was a new version from 4th March 2020, good ! But installation failed : sudo dpkg -i dropbox_2020.03.04_amd64.deb…
Stop Dropbox asking to upload photos from SD card on Mac
Hi, Whenever I insert an SD card into my Mac, I get a popup asking if I want to upload images to Dropbox. I don't... and the 'don't ask again' option is greyed out....how can I disable this popup?
How can I use Dropbox to host a custom RUST map file?
I would like to know how to host the .map file here for my RUST Game server? I have followed the intructions to the letter and can't get the file to load. some say dropbox doesn't work, some say it does... So far it's not working for me and i'm following tutorials that used dropbox.... I have done this so far. Uploaded the…
Use Dropbox on a computer without the desktop app
Is it still possible to use Dropbox on PC without the app by browsing the dropbox folder in windows explorer as it was before? Dropbox app is terrible and honestly makes every workday worse than it should be
Why is there no progression bar or percentage when uploading?
Hello everyone. Yesterday I registered on dropbox and downloaded the desktop version on my mac. I need to upload a video and then send it to a festival so they can download it. I dragged the video from the external hd where it's stored to the dropbox folder and the synch started fine and is now proceeding, but I don't see…
Excel file changes not being saved
Hi, I use an Excel file saved to a folder in my Dropbox. This is accessed by two colleagues both of whom use Office for Mac as do I (Office 365 in two cases, not sure if one is standalone Office for Mac or 365) In any event, though I successfully save changes to the file, when one of my colleagues accesses the file later…
Dropbox fails to start with Windows 10
Dropbox doesn't start at startup in Windows 10. Tried reboot. No luck. It's been doing thos for some time and sometimes it does start. But not the last couple of days. Not listed in services but in Task Manager -> Services but can't be stopped. Thought I'd restart it, but... Does not show up in Notification area. What to…
Dual booting with shared DB drive possible?
I am looking in to buying a new laptop and will need to dual boot Windows and Ubuntu. I am planning three SSD's - one for Windows, one for Ubuntu and one as a shared data drive. Is it possible to set up DB so that both operating systems can sync to the shared data drive? I have done a bit of research on here and I cannot…
Syncing takes more time than normal lately and it's taking some time to start it up upon rebooting
NOTE: I posted this yeserday but it was marked as spam for some reason. To clean up and speed things up, I recently reformatted the ****** drive on my Mac and did a complete reinstall of everything including Dropbox. To save time (I thought), I kept almost all the files on Dropbox rather than backups. I am now having…
Previews of CMYK files that look the wrong colour
Hi, I've uploaded to CMYK files to my dropbox so that clients can download them and use them in print catalogues etc. However, in the preview the colour looks nothing like the colour in the file. If I download and open it, it is the correct colour. How can I make it so the preview matches? I don't want to confuse my…
Changing folder icons
How can I change my Dropbox folder icons and use my own icons? Until recently, I could change icons to my own icon picture, which made working quicker. I use Mac OS Mojave on a MacBook Pro, and use Dropbox from my Mac OS desktop finder window. As of the second week of October, all my icons reverted to generic folder icons…
desktop app doesn't open app, but explorer - windows 10
I have a new laptop (Windows 10), and have downloaded dropbox from the website. Dropbox appears on startup menu and i have pinned to taskbar. On attempting to open the app, File Explorer opens, not dropbox. Nor does any dropbox icon appear in the system tray. I have uninstalled and reinstalled and restarted my machine…
How can I stop the download of files in the Dropbox desktop application?
How do I stop a download in progress? DB is trying to download 175K files to my laptop that I don't have room for. I have marked all folders as ONLINE only, but the download is still happening. The only options I see on DB are to pause or resume syncing. NONE of the folders I have marked have been removed. I'm thinking…
What happens when I log out of the desktop app?
Hi, What happens if I log off from Dropbox and delete all the folders and files from that computer and then Log on again on the same computer? Does all the files sync from the web to the computer again?
I can't seem to get my subfolder to be visible. What can I do?
So, this issue is a fairly recent one, not sure if it is due to a dropbox or Windows update, or if there's another step I need to take. I have a set of folders shared with me with work inside I need to complete as part of my ******. These folders are available through the web browser, but working with Office 365 online is…
Tray icon not showing on Arch+Cinnamon after trying all other recipes from these forums
Dear all, I am a Dropbox Plus user working on Arch Linux with Cinnamon 4.4.8 desktop and all latest updates (ext4 file system), and I have tried many solutions to make the darndest tray icon appear for months. Without it, managing synchronisation is hellishly inefficient; I can’t possibly keep the names of all folers to…
Truly stop Dropbox client from starting automatically on Windows 10.
This is happening to me on Windows 10 Pro 64-bit. When I first installed Dropbox 3.14.7 I thought it it was well-behaved, because it offered an option to disabled "Start Dropbox on system startup". But that doesn't work. I have certain drives that aren't mounted when the system starts. I have moved the Dropbox…
Should I move files out of my Dropbox folder before cancelling my account?
Prior to canceling my account, should I move my local dropbox files out of the local dropbox folder and put them in my documents folder on my Mac?
Connection problem related to resuming after sleep in combination with VPN
Hello, Using my laptop with Windows 10 Pro v10.0.18363.815 I noticed a connection problem related to resuming after my laptop went to sleep, using Dropbox v97.4.467 and a VPN (ProtonVPN currently but I tried with NordVPN as well and the behavior is the same). The situation goes as follows: * My laptop has an active VPN and…
Syncing problem on one Linux
Hi all! After installing Dropbox v79.4.143 on Lubuntu 18.04 (64bit) I log in to my account and downloads start to ~/Dropbox folder normally. After downloading all my files, none changes in files detected and not synced to the cloud. I am read all manuals and make anything * reinstall * reboot * unlink-link account * remove…
File Locking Option not Showing
I understand there is now the ability to lock and unlock files on Dropbox however the option is not showing for me when I follow the instructions here. Right-clicking on my desktop file does not bring up the options and neither does the online portal clicking the ellipsis. I have checked in the admin settings and the…
Search not working - no result, but the folder is there.
Hello all, Just today I was using DB as normal, and attempted to find a folder for a particular ******. We use a a number system to identify folders like "20-240" where 20 is the year, and 240 is the 240th ****** worked on. I was surprised though that when I used the search function to try and find 20-240, it showed as…
My Dropbox icon has a red notification on it. What should I do?
I still have a red check mark on icon for a few days now. It can't still be syncing!
Specify the destination when downloading via the web to a PC that doesn't have the Dropbox app?
I want to be able to specify the destination when downloading via the web to a PC that does not have Dropbox installed. Dropbox seems to default to the Windows default download folder, and I cannot find an option to change this.
Time machine forces smart sync to download files locally!
There is a huge problem when using smart sync as a Mac user who has time machine setup to automatically back up the entire ****** drive (including the dropbox folder). If this is the case the time machine backup will trigger each an every one file that is set to 'online only' to be downloaded locally. If the amount of data…
Status stuck on "Downloading 3 files (1 KB/Sec, 1 Sec) - Dropbox 90.4.307
I'm not sure what to do. My Dropbox stopped syncing files in the last day or two. I noticed it yesterday when linking a few files to a friend. Dropbox showed the file as synced, and I shared the link with him, but it never uploaded. I really have no idea what to do. I've tried fixing perms, fixing ****** links, letting it…
39 files stuck syncing for weeks
Using the Mac version 88.4.172 of the Dropbox app on my 2015 MacBook Pro (with the latest Catalina macOS 10.15.2). Dropbox has been stuck for several weeks on 39 files syncing. I use Smart Sync for a number of folders. These are the steps I’ve taken to try to fix this issue: * Quit Dropbox and restarted. * Restarted the…
Can't log into app with Google
I'm attempting to get my dropbox desktop app set up on a Windows 10 machine. When I click the Sign in with Google button it opens my browser (Chrome 58.0.3029.110) which takes me to a page that says "Sign in with Google, You're about to sign in to the Dropbox desktop app with your Google account. Would you like to…

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