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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 ****** 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 ****** 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
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Only want to sync specific folders synced on my other device.
I have all my files in Dropbox on my PC. I want to "some" of them, not all of them on my laptop. When I downloaded Dropbox on the laptop, I ended with "all" files on the laptop. Can someone please let me know how to remove those files I don't want on the laptop? Or do I have to start all over? And then if I have to start…
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Folders added from one device don't show up on Window File Explorer between two devices.
I created a folder and subsequently created some files in a Dropbox folder from a laptop here in the office. This folder fails to show up in Windows File Explorer on another computer in the office. I can see the folder from the Dropbox App and tell it to open the files with the software on this computer, but I cannot see…
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Blank login screen with newly-installed Dropbox on Windows 10
Hi After installing Dropbox (Dropbox 58.4.92 Offline Installer) and launching it I am stuck with a blank 'Set Up Dropbox' screen, unable to provide credentials. Main screen says 'Waiting to be linked to Dropbox account'. This is a new Dropbox install on a new Windows 10 laptop. After skimming through forums and this…
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Why is the Dropbox tray icon black on Windows 10?
Recently the Dropbox icon on my Windows 10 machine turned black, it was white before. As you can see in the image it is barely visible (since I have transparent taskbar) - On a black taskbar it would not appear at all. Windows 10 v 1803 build 17134.706 Dropbox v71.4.108
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Files in Dropbox showing up as "Copy of xxxx.******" in my recent items lists
I use the "recent items" lists quite often. For instance, I right-click on the MS Excel icon down in the system tray, and it brings up the most recent items I've opened in Excel. I can open the file and work on it from this list. I've done this for years on multiple Windows 7 machines with files located in DropBox. A more…
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Context Menu Not Appearing
The Dropbox Right-click/Context Menu option does not appear any more in Windows Explorer 8.1
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I am getting an error 0xa0430722 when installing the desktop app. Can you help?
I will be installing the software with this bug: dropbox update installatino failed with error 0xa0430722??? what should we do
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Dropbox does not appear on tray box, does not start at start up, does not sync files - Windows 7
I have the latest version of Dropbox 3.2.6. Its been about 3 days that dropbox wont work on one of my systems running Windows 7. It was working and syncing fine a few days ago. Now I try to check it in the task bar system tray and the icon is gone, not hidden. I check the windows start up services and dropbox is no where…