Windows

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…

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

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…

These 0KB files just keep appearing in my folders. Any reason why? How do I/you stop this please? David

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 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…

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?

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,…

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…

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???

I recently had to reinstall Windows 10 on a desktop. I had the Dropbox folder installed on my D drive, which is a separate physical drive (not a partition) from my C drive. The Dropbox app was installed on C, which was reformatted as part of the reinstallation, so I lost the Dropbox app. Since the W10 reinstallation did…

I have been using DB for several years without problem. Today I find I cannot open folders in my Dropbox folder on my C: drive with Explorer. I can see them if I use the web app. I have rebooted and reinstalled the program, to no avail. If I click on it, I get the hourglass, which will not stop unless I forcibly close it…

Hi, I'm on windows and constantly have trouble using Smart Sync. Smart Sync for the most part never shows up in the context menu, so I have trouble quickly selecting which folders I'd like to sync online/offline. I'm wondering if there is a terminal command I can use to choose a specific folder to sync online only so I can…

My question is similar to this one: https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Apps-and-Installations/Why-are-7-versions-of-Dropbox-exe-running-on-my-Windows-11/td-p/610743, but in that question, the largest amount of memory used by any Dropbox process is 4.1 MB, and the total is 9.4 MB. On my system, the Dropbox processes are (at…

Hi Everyone, Yes, I am also facing the famous error message "there was a problem completing this request". I just switched from an Macbook to a Windows laptop. I freshly installed windows 10 pro on the laptop and the dropbox app was running fine. Then I decided to upgrade to windows 11 pro. I formatted the hard drive and…

Hallo Community. I have a need to use dropbox from CLI on Linux and Windows. Is it possible? How? Also from other OS? thanks for your help! vmm

Hi community, Can anyone tell me why Windows Firewall is blocking C:\program files (x86)\dropbox\client\dropbox.exeexe? Note the double exe at the end. It's that that is confusing me, otherwise I would just allow access, but I'm not sure if this is something fishy!!?

I have uninstalled the DropBox, but it is still affecting the location of files on my desktop. For example, the path to files is: C:\Users\user\Dropbox\PC\Desktop\[file name], instead of C:\Users\user\Desktop\[file name]. What can be done to get rid of 'Dropbox\PC\' from the path? P.S. My OS is Windows 10 Pro x64 version…

I recently downloaded the Dropbox app on a new windows device, and notice that one of the folders isn’t showing on my computer explorer. I have tried restarting computer, deleting and re-downloaded Dropbox. I also checked selective downloads and the folder is selected along with all the other files, however when I search…

I use dropbox only for a few min each day. (I only have about 10-20 files to backup sync, not more than 300MB) But 3 weeks ago or so I noticed all my computer apps, file explorer, and even the Start Menu becoming less responsive. Now I am using Win10 LTSC 2021 on Nvme drive with laptop intel u8265, 16GB RAM on-board. My…

I have a new computer & I've been trying to download my DB files to my new computer. I've just discovered that YOU decided I need to save space on my hardrive & half my files are on some cloud rather than downloaded to my computer. I DON'T WANT THIS. I've tried everything to download everything on Dropbox to my new…

while i uploaded any folder on dropbox then at that time all files of that folder are synced. but then after if any changes made in that folder like created new file then it is not syncing across. But while doing same process on windows 10 computer then it is working fine please help me out. thanks in advance.... Thanks…

In the past few weeks, I often get Aw, Snap! or Out of Memory errors (only) when using the Dropbox website on a Chrome browser (Windows). I've cleared cache and removed bad extensions. Any other suggestions? Thanks, Judith

Hello, On several files, I have a brown icons in left bottom corner of my files.(see below) in fact, in the same folder, there are green logos on fils but sometime there are brown logo I want import this files in Lightroom but seem that files with brown logo can't be import. So : 1/ What mean brown logo ? 2/ How can I…

I recently upgraded my PC desktop to Windows 11. Dropbox worked perfectly in Windows 10, and when I upgraded my laptop to 11, it was seamless. On the desktop, I can access Dropbox through the web, but updated files from my other computers do not show up as updated when I load them into their usual application on the…

When I get a Dropbox file from someone else that gives only the option to add it to my dropbox, I am then unable to delete it from my dropbox - I get an admin login box that pops up. It may be a Microsoft thing, but just really want to know how to delete these files from my dropbox.

I installed the Dropbox app on a new laptop and logged into my business account, which now shows up in file explorer. I stopped midstream and planned to go back later to add my personal account, but now when I try to open the Dropbox app, the only thing that opens is file explorer with my business account. Is there a way…

Windows 11 Pro Dropbox V 173.4.6706 using windows explorer i have extremely lagging performance of my synced folders... all folders are synced and have a green check mark as if the files are local. every single synced folder takes up to 1 minute to access. I can usually go online and download the file i want quicker than…

Hi, my windows 11 system, my dropbox folder became super slow. When I try to open a (sub) folder, it takes around 30 seconds to open it. I noticed it since a couple of days, I installed Bitdefender and a new graphics card/driver since then. My dropbox folder is on an external drive. Other folders on the same drive are…

Windows 10 Home Edition 64-bit, ver 22H2 Dropbox ver 173.4.6706 When I open up my Dropbox folder from DB desktop app (using folder icon in Dropbox panel displayed): And then right-click on an item on left side of Explorer (the folder list), a complete Dropbox context menu is displayed: But if I move cursor over to file…