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Charles Dickens's avatar
Charles Dickens
Explorer | Level 3
2 years ago

Disable autostart permanently - redux

This issue was raised once before here: https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Apps-and-Installations/Disable-autostart-permanently/td-p/238131.  I have the same problem.  I cannot prevent Dropbox from auto-starting.  If I follow the instructions at the link above then Dropbox cannot be started at all.  Suggestions?

  • Walter's avatar
    Walter
    2 years ago

    Hey Charles Dickens, sorry to jump in here, but could clarify if you're using the full desktop app on your machine or only the CLI version? 

     

    If you have the headless installation, have you tried using the command outlined here to disable the auto-start up of the app?

  • Megan's avatar
    Megan
    Icon for Dropbox Staff rankDropbox Staff

    Hi Charles Dickens, let's have a look! 

     

    Are you also on a Linux device?

     

    You mentioned that when you follow the instructions to disable the app from auto-starting, the app can't be started at all. Just to clarify, do you mean that when you click on the Dropbox icon, it remains unresponsive?

     

    Let me know more!

    • Charles Dickens's avatar
      Charles Dickens
      Explorer | Level 3

      Hello Megan,

       

      I am running Fedora 36.  With the change made as recommended in the link in my original post Dropbox does not auto-start(the desired result of the change) nor can it be started at the using the icon.

       

      I researched starting Dropbox in terminal but there are prerequisites.  I do not want complicate this with additional details. 

      The content of the dropbox.desktop file is below.  The line that I changed is in red.

       

      [Desktop Entry]
      Name=Dropbox
      GenericName=File Synchronizer
      Comment=Sync your files across computers and to the web
      Exec=dropbox stop
      Terminal=false
      Type=Application
      Icon=dropbox
      Categories=Network;FileTransfer;
      Keywords=file;synchronization;sharing;collaboration;cloud;storage;backup;
      StartupNotify=false

      • Walter's avatar
        Walter
        Icon for Dropbox Staff rankDropbox Staff

        Hey Charles Dickens, sorry to jump in here, but could clarify if you're using the full desktop app on your machine or only the CLI version? 

         

        If you have the headless installation, have you tried using the command outlined here to disable the auto-start up of the app?

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