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Preston J.
Explorer | Level 4
4 years ago

Dropbox App won't open, the only thing that opens is my Dropbox Folder.

Dropbox app will not open. When I open the app it just opens the file explorer. I have already checked the Taskbar and it's not showing up there. I have also checked the taskbar setting and there is ...
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Uitlander
Explorer | Level 3
3 years ago

Hannah I have tried disabling it, deleting and then reinstalling Dropbox, and then whitelisting Dropbox. The behaviour remains the same - there is no Dropbox icon in the system tray and when I launch Dropbox from the start menu it opens File Explorer.

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Rich
Icon for Super User II rankSuper User II
3 years ago
Uitlander wrote:

... there is no Dropbox icon in the system tray and when I launch Dropbox from the start menu it opens File Explorer.

Have you clicked the up arrow ^ in your system tray to check the hidden icons?

 

 

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    Uitlander
    Explorer | Level 3
    3 years ago

    Yes. There is no dropbox  icon in the system tray. 

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