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Dropbox app menu cut off from bottom of the display in Windows
Very frustrating, especially since there is no 'open in app' anymore, it's all forced through windows explorer. Longtime dropbox PC user. Here's the gist: I click the dropbox Icon in the system notifications area, to open the dropbox interface. (Since, again, there is no native app). The "pause/resume synch" button is at…
Updates on Backup Beta — When/if does it become a permanent feature, or any known issues?
I'm a longtime Dropbox user, went thru the process of the legacy backup solution on my primary Windows 10 pc, and after initial problems it has been stable for literally years now. However, for other computers in my household I would rather avoid creating a non-standard pc, i.e. leave the system files (documents, desktop,…
Dropbox crashing randomly when clicking on it in file explorer
We have a user that is having a problematic issue with Dropbox installed on his Windows PC. When he accesses it through file explorer it will randomly crash and then close dropbox. There is no error that shows and there are no logs in either the Appdata or program files dropbox folder. We did some basic checks on windows…
"Make online only" option is missing, but "make available offline" option is available
Hi, I am struggling to make files "online only" on my laptop running in Windows 11 Pro (Version 10.0.22000 Build 22000). I have tried installing the Dropbox App with (with help from IT department) and without admin rights, both leading to the same issue that I am required to sync selected folders in my Dropbox Plus…
Trick DB into ReFS support?
I run a small(ish), high-performance dedicated file server for my small business. I'm switching the filesystem to ReFS for - among other things - its native support for SSD-accelerated tiered storage. Dropbox doesn't support ReFS yet, so I'm wondering if there's a way to cheat the system somehow. Put it on a dedicated NTFS…
Can Dropbox handle git repostories? ONLY as a secondary backup?
Hello, I have a script that copies my git repositories into Dropbox every 10 minutes. It only copies modified files. This includes .git subfolders folders as well as my code files. In total this is a 6 Gb directory with around 20,000 files. Is this okay? To be clear, I am not not hosting a .git repository on Dropbox, nor…
Tagging directly using File Explorer, but some files get an unspecified error, while others don't.
Hello, The company I work for uses Dropbox to share a lot of photos with each other, however, we have implemented a tagging system that is based in file explorer (we don't use the dropbox tagging at the moment). Usually, this works pretty well - when I tag something saved in dropbox (but still tagged via file explorer), my…
cli_link_nonce?nonce link doesn't let me signin
I know this error has been reported numerous times but... I'm not on basic and this link worked a few weeks back when I reinstalled OS on my PC and now I'm setting up another one. [Removed as per Community Guidelines] is not working >Invalid URL. Please check your client for a new one. Is there an issue with Dropbox server…
Shared folder not syncing.. HELP
Hey all... done this a million times, client shares their folders with me and they auto sync to my Windows dropbox app, so i can work locally. However, it's not working this time. No matter what i search for, there is no option to 'add to folder'. It's worked ok on my Mac, but my windows won't add them. Any help? Thanks
How to Stop Dropbox from Changing my Right Click Menu in Pictures Folders
This drives me nuts and the only way I can overcome the many unwanted Dropbox options in the Windows 11 right click menu is to kill Dropbox in the task manager. Then I get a normal menu with the regular options I actually find useful. I particularly miss "Open With" and running Dropbox eliminates it. Killing Dropbox…
How Do I Use Dropbox on Windows 11 with a local User account?
When I set up my Windows 11 computer, it created an Administrator Account (called "Owner"). I put the Dropbox folder directly under the C drive instead of under C:/Users/Owner so that it would be accessible to all users on the computer. I just created a local standard account (called "MyUser") that I sign into separately.…
Unable to copy from a Dropbox only folder to my laptop - error code 0x80070780
Hi, I have an archive which exists on Dropbox only (so not a backup synchronized with my PC). When I now try to copy anything from this Dropbox folder to the laptop, I get error code 0x80070780 and the copy fails. I have already rebooted, and run SFC. The PC has Windows 11. How do I solve this?
Windows 10 Protected Folder Access
Hi, i have dropbox installed and have noticed i have recently started seeing Windows 10 Protected Folder Access Blocked alerts for Dropbox.exe tryign to access the Music and Documnets folders in my profile even though i have not setup these fodlers for synicng and do not have the Backups feature enabled? Could someone…
Sync Issues
I am using WIN 10, but it is failing to sync. The taskbar item is missing from taskbar (even though the setting say it should be appearing. The status is Dropbox 178.4.4811 Syncing. However according to control panel the version i am using is 179.4.4917 Whenever i try to open Dropbox from the start menu, it fail to open. I…
Desktop app not installing on Windows 10
After years, Dropbox on PC has stopped working. It didn't start so I uninstalled to try reinstalling. The uninstaller didn't work, I had to use IO Bit uninstaller. Now I can't install Dropbox Desktop anymore, even with the installer off line. I get the error "Installation failed. The Dropbox installer did not start.
Desktop App won't sync PDF files
Starting last Saturday (07/15/23) the desktop app running in Windows 11 will not sync PDF files. My DOCM files sync, but the PDFs won't sync. I can copy them from my hard drive to the cloud using the Dropbox web site, but not with the desktop app. The only way I can get the files to sync is to uninstall the desktop app and…
My app's stuck on Starting...
Hi. If you look back, I was here in April asking these same questions. The problem was never resolved, I just resigned myself to using Dropbox online instead of the App, The problem is only on my Windows 10 laptop which I reset in April (Dropbox was working fine on it before the reset). I have two other PCs, a W10 and a…
Dropbox for windows crashes after launch
Hello! I tried reinstalling dropbox, tried advanced reinstalling. This does not help. I try load Dropbox 178.4.4811 Offline Installer.x64.exe - not help Hello! I tried reinstalling dropbox, tried advanced reinstalling. This does not help. I try load Dropbox 178.4.4811 Offline Installer.x64.exe - not help After start DB i…
Windows Dropbox installer won't start on Windows 10
I run Windows 10 on a Dell Inspiron 3505 laptop. Somehow, Dropbox was not starting at startup. The simplest answer (to me, anyway) was to uninstall Dropbox and reinstall it. I uninstalled DB and downloaded the installer (which has always worked for me before) from the website (as I always have) .and ran it; I got a message…
How to make dropbox not auto run on windows startup?
I tried to set dropbox not to run on startup and its the only up that run on startup even its set not to. I set on windows 10 from settings>apps>Startup>turnoff dropbox auto start (its stay in "turn off" mode). WIndows 10. dropbox for dekstop
I uninstalled the desktop app, but the Dropbox folder is still on my computer. Any help?
Hi! I have problem with uninstalling dropbox from my computer... One day a donwload it because i need sync documents between my devices but in this time i dont need it. So i go to start panel and right click dropbox and click "Uninstall" so dropbox uninstall sucefully but in my computer is styll file "Dropbox" but when I…
Dropbox is creating files in my folders
These 0KB files just keep appearing in my folders. Any reason why? How do I/you stop this please? David
Remove "Send with Dropbox Transfer" from the context menu?
Hi, Using Dropbox v177.4.5399 on Windows 11 Home V22H2 now and loving it, this app works great! I had a question about the context menu options though When I right-click on a folder I see "Send with Dropbox Transfer" listed as a context menu option, which I don't use. Is this possible to remove?
Client startup on Windows has stopped working for me
I use Dropbox only rarely - to access a shared folder - and shut down the client when I'm done. In the past I would start the client by clicking on a desktop client point to (as far as I know) the local copy of the shared folder. A week or 2 ago that stopped working. Now licking that icon just opens the local unsynced copy…
I use long path file names (greater than 260 characters). Is there a reason to reduce them?
I have a few hundred files with paths that are more than 260 characters. However, I have Windows 10 set to enable long file paths (greater than 260 characters), and my experience is that Dropbox will properly sync files with paths greater than 260 characters. Assuming this is the case, would there be any reason to take the…
My Dropbox desktop app doesn't sync
I installed Dropbox on Windows 11. It hasn't synchronized files from the PC to the server for a month. Also, if I upload directly to folders on Dropbox.com, the files don't automatically download to my PC. I also downloaded the latest version of Dropbox but the problem didn't go away. How can I solve?
Windows app - did they remove most of the context menu?
Until very recently, the context menu in File Explorer included things like "Copy Dropbox Link", "View on Dropbox.com", and a couple more. Now those are all gone, and instead there is just one, which I think is new: "Send with Dropbox Transfer". I tried using it instead of my tried-and-true method of just copying the link,…
"There was a problem completing this request" on my Windows device when I try to log in.
I have recently changed laptop so am trying to add Dropbox to my desktop as before. Every time I log in I get the error "there was a problem completing this request": I have changed my email address, password, restarted my computer multiple times but still no luck. I have tried four different times to install and uninstall…
moving dropbox files to new hard drive
A new solid state hardrive "drive C" with the Windows 11 OS was installed on my Windows 10 PC. The old disk and dropbox files are still on the old computer as drive "D"....and dropbox cant see them (different path) How do I get dropbox to switch to my new drive and location and start syncing with that???

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