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jalayo 's avatar
jalayo
New member | Level 2
2 years ago

There's no option to share a link via the Dropbox desktop app on Windows 11

It appears that MS has updated something and my option to share dropbox link in the file explorer is no longer available. Does anyone know a work around or if there is a setting that needs to be re-done? Thank you

 

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  • Weglarz's avatar
    Weglarz
    New member | Level 1
    10 months ago

    I don't see that, but I went to settings. App Version 218.4.4348.0

  • Weglarz's avatar
    Weglarz
    New member | Level 1
    10 months ago

    Well, in another adventure of wtf; for some reason it works again.🤷‍♂️

  • KendalHarr's avatar
    KendalHarr
    Helpful | Level 5
    6 months ago

    Same problem here.  No dropbox menu selections when I right click in the dropbox foldrs in explorer as there was previously. I think this happened with the Windows 11 update or one of the fixes.  Only app icon I have on the lower right is dropbox passwords.  The previous dropbox control icon is gone.  

    Will redownloading the dropbox app fix this problem?  Would prefer to hear from someone who knows for sure because they have done it.  If so, can you please give detailed instructions on how to uninstall (is this needed) and reinstall dropbox.  I have a ton of folders and files on dropbox and this is going to be a chore.

    Thanks,Kendal

  • Nancy's avatar
    Nancy
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    6 months ago

    Hey KendalHarr! From your post, it sounds indeed like the Dropbox app isn’t running on your computer, so it’s expected to not see any Dropbox options in the right-click context menu.

    As the next step, can you go to your Start menu > Programs and restart the Dropbox app from there? 

    Let me know if that fixes the issue.

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