Orange box icon meaning

This is the last ticket # I kept (Ticket #23025473) - at this point the conversation had gone on for 3 weeks because it took each support person at least 24 and often 36 hours to respond, usually asking for yet another screenshot of something.  I'd estimate that 1/2 of the support responses made it clear the person had not read what I sent as they often asked for information they already had. 

Thanks for the ticket ID and your feedback on this Kevin-54 - much appreciated.

I can see that it's closed since January. If you'd like to look into this issue with our support team again, you'll need to open a new ticket. 

As for the issue at hand now, could you try creating a new OS profile on  your computer and try to install and use the Dropbox desktop app there for testing purposes? 

The issue at hand, is the exact same issue Dropbox support spent more than a month attempting to resolve before coming to the conclusion the problem wasn't specifically related to Dropbox but to another extension, app or program on my laptop and closing the ticket.

In the meantime, I had read this thread, assumed it was OneDrive and uninstalled it.  Then I uninstalled Dropbox and reinstalled it - all to no avail.  Is there ANY chance I'll get better support if I open another ticket?  After all, at least 5 people were involved last time.

As to your suggestion to create a new OS profile on my laptop - I have absolutely NO idea how to go about doing that, much less how to open Dropbox using the new profile if I could figure out how to do it.

.  (The whole reason I removed OneDrive).  

Hope it’s OK to jump in here, Kevin-54. 

To create a new user profile on your computer, you can follow these steps. 

Other than that, I can suggest checking out this suggestion to make sure the Dropbox overlay icons are prioritized and see if the other icon will disappear after following them.

The icon is not the problem, it is merely a symptom.  The problem is the that nearly half of the files I have stored in Dropbox cannot be opened in the desktop app.  Supposedly, OneDrive created the filebox icon, that was why I completely deleted OneDrive and uninstalled and then reinstalled Dropbox - files still can't be opened.  Nearly 2 months of slow motion help from Dropbox support staff has yet to yield solution. 

Hi from me too Kevin-54!

One thing that I want to ask is if this behavior of files not opening correctly, happens with all of your files, or just some specific ones? 

After following the steps Nancy provided above, you should be able to see Dropbox icons next to your files, instead of the OneDrive ones you're currently seeing. 

The reason I'm asking you to do this, is to identify if the files that fail to preview sync are online-only or available offline. 

Even if you can't see any icons there, can you try changing the files to available offline, and giving it a go again? 

This problem just occurred on my computer. I first disabled and then uninstalled OneDrive and restarted my computer. However, this had no effect: I still have the filebox icon superimposed on the lower left of my files, and they will not open. Do you have any other suggestions?

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MarinRob wrote:

I still have the filebox icon superimposed on the lower left of my files, and they will not open. Do you have any other suggestions?

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As the icon comes from OneDrive/Windows 11, I'd ask on the Microsoft support forums.

Restarting my computer helps get rid of the brown box. 

I've uninstalled OneDrive and the briefcase icons remain. I'm also not getting any Dropbox options when I right-click a folder or file. I'm unable to request files for keeping offline, and all other context menu options are missing.