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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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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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Desktop app on Windows keeps asking to make changes to the hard drive
Drop box running smoothly for the last few months. This last week numerous issues. 1st the icon app in the tray stopped working. If I click on it I get the standard Windows 10 messages which basically says do you want this app to make changes on your hard drive"? I say yes and nothing. Still no app. The small icon that…
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Smart Sync not showing up
My PC previously installed the Dropbox with Smart Sync function, but recently after an update I have lost this function and I don't seem to see any on/off switch in preferences nor on the right click list on Dropbox folder. My mac however do still have this option. The version I have currently installed on the Windows is…
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Is there an option to use Dropbox as a mounted cloud drive?
Hih looking to see if Dropbox has a "drive" option where if you are connected to the internet, you can see your data through a folder on your file manager. When you disconnect, it goes away. Much like Box and Egnyte have. I "assumed" Dropbox has this functionality but do not see it anywhere I look on the app. Any help?…
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Dropbox using too much memory on my PC
I only have 3,200 files (2.56 GB) and Dropbox uses 3X more memory than anything else on my PC (win 10 v2004). I've had DB (syncing to my PC and Laptop) for many years, never had or noticed this issue and I've never had such a slow computer. I don't use DB all that much, mostly a few files/year and to upload photos…
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What happens when I pause (or exit) Dropbox during file syncing?
Let's say I have a 16GB file that is now syncing for the first time to the Dropbox cloud from a Windows PC, using the desktop app. The file is 89% uploaded, I then pause Dropbox, the desktop app itself is still open, 12 hours later I resume Dropbox, does the upload continue from the same point? And how does this work when…
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My computer's experiencing a lot of high CPU usage
I have a fresh install of Windows 10 on a 32Gb i7 laptop. Dropbox was installed a week ago with most files set to online only, and the initial sync completed within a few hours. Now, Dropbox frequently uses 30% CPU, even when syncing is paused. Of my 73,000 files, 50,000 of those are marked as symlinks. I don't know why…
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Image previews not loading or very slow, even those outside dropbox folder!
Dropbox is slowing down thumbnail generations on Windows, even when images are not located inside a dropbox folder. This is very annoying and only solution is to exit dropbox while working.
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Choosing where Dropbox folder should be.
Until 2 weeks ago, I was running Windows 10 and I had placed my Dropbox folder on an external hard drive. I've switched to using Ubuntu and I want to resume using Dropbox. I'm going to follow the instructions at this link: https://linoxide.com/linux-how-to/install-dropbox-ubuntu/ The only potential problem I see is that…
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I can't see the camera uploads folder on Windows
I have been using dropbox for near 10 years and always have uploaded all photos from my IOS device automatically. Always have been able to manage them from a desktop Mac. However, I now use a PC Win10 and I no longer see the camera upload folder. All files and folders appear EXCEPT "camera uploads". I have it set to…
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Can't copy ANY files onto Dropbox
I haven't been able to copy files INTO Dropbox for a few weeks now. I am on a Windows 10 system, and up until recently I could drag and drop files into Dropbox. Now I drag and drop and nothing happens. File simply does not appear. I can download files that my company places in Dropbox. Also I CAN upload and download files…
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Hundreds of background processes, new windows opened
Dropbox seems to be stuck in a loop, and opening hundreds of background processes. This consumes all my CPU capacity, then eats at my memory and disk space. See attached pics. There also seem to be windows being automatically opened, as my typing or mouse clicks in other apps is interrupted when the hundreds of background…
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Total size of files and folders differs between Mac and PC/Dropbox.com
I have three machines fully synced with my Dropbox account. Two are Windows desktops, which both show a total size of my Dropbox folder as 590 GBytes. Dropbox.com also shows my account using 590 GBytes. However, my Mac shows a total size of 635 GBytes. I'd like to understand where the extra 45 GBytes are coming from on the…
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File Explorer Hangs through Quick Access Recent Files
I have recently purchased a new HP computer with Windows 10 and installed my standard office software including DropBox (v53.4.67). As soon as I installed DropBox, and started to do work I experiencedproblems with File Explorer. When I clicked on File Explorer on the Task Bar, File Explorer opened without showing any…