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Syncing on Microsoft Surface Go
I have a Microsoft Surface Go with Windows 10. I want to set up Dropbox to show on the left side of the window when I open Documents (like it does on my PC). How can I make that happen? When I download Dropbox I am forced to use the Mobile app.
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Dropbox is stuck syncing after an update, what can I do?
I have the "Dropbox Plus" subscription and I run the client on 4 computers. Yesterday (Monday, 13-Jan-2020) I signed onto my desktop (which is always on) and has a full local sync of my dropbox that a number of new files added Saturday had big red Xs on them -- JPEGs I had scanned Saturday and which were in sync to my…
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Change Dropbox folder location
Hi, I am using Dropbox Plus on a Win7-PC. Since my C:/-drive ran out of space, I wanted to change the Dropbox location to F:/. This worked, but Dropbox created a subfolder also named Dropbox. I am not English mothertongue, so pls. bear with me when explainig a litte complicated. My local folder now looks like this:…
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Can't remove dropbox folder icon from Win File Explorer
Since Dropbox recently limited free accounts to three devices I had to delete it from my desktop PC and a laptop. The deletion from the laptop went OK. The deletion from the desktop (Windows 10) occurred, but left a sort of transparent document icon in File Explorer. See screen snap. I can't delete this, even after a…
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How can I go about re-linking an existing Dropbox folder stored on a separate drive?
I am reinstalling windows 7 and my old dropbox folder is on a seperate storage drive so hasn't been deleted by the instalation process. When I reinstall the dropbox software it wont let me use the old folder but creates a new folder and starts downloading all my files (0.5Tb). Do i have to delete all my files and download…
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I can't see any sync icons next to my files in my Dropbox folder, what can I do?
For some reason my drop box files and folders no longer show the "green tick" when synced. If I right click the system tray icon there are only two options Dropbox or uninstal. I can see no way of accessing the gearwheel lots of the replies to this issue suggest. I have installed the latest versio of the app and running…
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Dropbox Icon missing Windows 10
I fired my laptop up a couple of days ago and I noticed that the dropbox icon in the taskbar was missing. I checked task manager and dropbox is running theres just no icon and if I kill the task and double click on the dropbox exe it loads the app but does not show the Icon so I am unable to check my settings or anything…
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Windows Task Manager
Under Processes I get over over 30 instances of the Image Name Dropbox.exe*32, the command line points to AppData\Roaming\Dropbox\bin\Dropbox.exe*32/restart 444/corruptdb A different image name will have a different number other than the "444" above. Any idea what has happened? . FYI, this is on a laptop personal PC not…
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This file does not have an app associated with it for performing this action
I'm totally shocked that this error is not on forum. May be its too new or people just reinstalle dropbox or something. We have dropbox bussines at company, I have like 120 computers arround the word. We use office 365 with local installed apps (word, excel, etc.) A new bundle of computer arrived so I installing all them…
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Using RoboCopy or xCopy to Move Files between folders
I have a 1400 files in a single folder on dropbox, called reports. There are roughly 4 report types. The report types are named in a way that I can't simply sort the folder alphabetically and grab the groups and copy/paste them to each report groups folder. So, I have been trying to use a batch file in windows to move each…
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Run Dropbox as Service, without being logged on
I have been scouring the internet for how to setup Dropbox to run on Windows Server 2012 R2 as a service. I have seen tutorials for 3rd party applications that will start it on boot and allow sync, but I cannot use any additional software in my company environment. I want Dropbox to be up and syncing 24/7, but this is not…
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Impossible to delete the old Dropbox main folder Windows 10
The support people that answer the chat have no clue about anything, thy just try to stall by asing some standrad quetsions and then wokring very hard to missunderstand whatever you say. The "real" support (if such exists) is only reachable by email. Dropbox was good, but have gone full soviet. Im also looing for a new…
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Getting strange icons in Windows Explorer
Since the Windows July Update yesterday i get strange icons in my Windows Explorer. (Drive letter with little red X) When i close the Dropbox Service they are gone. Dropbox Version 77.3.125 Windows 10 1903 Build 18362.239