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Cannot establish a secure connection after dropbox update to 111.4.472
After the dropbox app (Window 10) updates itself to the latest 111.4.472 version, I'm getting this 'Cannot establish a secure connection'. I've checked my time on my laptop, router. It's fine. I've disabled firewalls and the whole Eset Security. I've checked my ports. Everything is fine. I've turned off the proxy setting…
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Will Dropbox delete my local files?
Dropbox scares me. I just want to have a safe a place to keep my files, and access them from two or three different devices. But sometimes, instead of just saving the file, Dropbox saves it as a separate file. Then I've got two versions of the same file. Over a period of weeks or months, I end up with six or ten versions…
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Windows 10 - Dropbox stopped working a few days ago; won't reinstall - errors in DBGCORE.DLL
Installed Dropbox on Windows 10 Pro about a month ago, and it was working fine until a few days ago. Dropbox stopped working (no Icon in tool tray; update service and normal service both stopped). If i tried running from the start menu nothing appears to happen (no crashes or anything of interested in the Windows event…
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Dropbox App on a Windows Server 2016 RDS/Terminal Server
We run the DropBox App on a Windows Server 2016 RDS/Terminal Server. And yes - I already opened a support ticket and was immedialy told DropBox is not supported on a server. However, it took me only 5 seconds to find a Dropbox article describing exactly how to setup Drobox on a server. -_- The issue: We're finding that the…
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Dropbox has disappeared from Windows File Explorer
Running Windows 10 home edition version 2004. Dropbox always used to appear in the File Explorer alongside my PC, Google Drive and One Drive. It has now disappeared and can only be accessed by clicking the dropbox icon on the taskbar, which opens dropbox in it's own File Explorer window. Is there a way of adding it back to…
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Desktop app shows a blank screen when signing in
This error started after I unlinked Dropbox on my laptop and reinstalled it. Since then, when I click on "Sign in", the "Set Up Dropbox" window that opens is blank, and stays that way. This is an "old" issue: there are a number of posts in DB Community about this, the most recent that I could find in April 2019. The cause…
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White cross in some files in Windows 10
Take a look to the next capture: What that white cross means? Files are in local, and I have that cross in most of my local files. They work, they sync, but they have the cross, and I haven't found it in the list of iconography in documentation.
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Dragging file - copy vs. move
I use Dropbox to move files between Mac computers (OS 10.11 and 10.13) and Windows computers (Win7). When I drag a file from the Dropbox folder to a Windows local folder, it COPIES the file. When I drag a file from the Dropbox folder to a Mac local folder, it MOVES the file (i.e., deletes it from the Dropbox folder). Why…
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Dropbox Unexpectedly Quit
For about a week now, I have been experiencing constant crashing of dropbox. When that happens, the message "Dropbox Quit Unexpectedly" appears. I already tried many of the common solutions suggested here, including the following:- - Restarting the computer. - Uninstalling then reinstalling Dropbox - Unlinking then linking…
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I use a Windows device, and my Dropbox files take 7-10 seconds to open in my File Explorer.
recently i have had issues with dropbox (db) opening files extemely slow. i figured it was my computer so i bought/installed a new 1tb solid state drive, reformatted, re-installed everything.. and it still opened slow, like 7-10 seconds per file (yes, can drive a man nuts). i decided to do a little troubleshooting and…
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Dropbox is continuously reporting it's syncing, or indexing on Windows 10.
Hello, Despite not making any changes to my Dropbox folder contents on my Windows host the Dropbox icon is at a constant syncing and/or indexing state and I cannot tell what it is actually trying to do. I've had this issue for weeks, I've had to even shut down Dropbox at times because it was using a high amount of CPU…
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Desktop application is blank when opened
I have a Dell Insperon 17 running Windows 10 When I open Dropbox from the start menu, I just get a blank dialogue box. I cannot open by clicking the icon on the task bar. The sync is working correctly and my files are updated. I want to change desktop notifications but cannot access dropbox to do that. I have followed the…
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PDF Preview plane in Explorer shows a blank white image only when locally synced.
When clicking on a PDF document within the Dropbox tab on Windows Explorer it just shows a blank white screen only when it is locally synced. If you select that PDF and mark it as "online-only" after a second it will show up in the side preview plain on explorer just fine. I have: - Reinstalled both adobe and Dropbox -…
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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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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…