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Neil_Stanley
Helpful | Level 5
4 years ago
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Dropbox and Windows 11 - not autostarting

Although all the settings say it should be, my recently installed copy of Dropbox on a new W11 machine is not autostarting on switch on. I'm having to start it manually. One PC and 2 iOS systems can ...
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  • Rich's avatar
    Rich
    4 years ago
    Neil_Stanley wrote:

    Tried that (144.4.4491) - on reboot still no tray icon but DbxSvc exists in Task Manager.

    Go into Windows Settings/Apps/Startup and make sure Windows hasn't disabled the startup of Dropbox.

     

     

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Megan
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3 years ago

Hi kndclark-125328012, thanks for the update! 

 

Keep an eye out for this, and update us if you come across any issues again. See you around!

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r-c-195
Helpful | Level 6
3 years ago
Hello,
Unfortunately the problem is back. Not sure of running CCleaner is causing the issue.
  • Nancy's avatar
    Nancy
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    3 years ago

    Sorry to hear the issue came back, r-c-195. 

     

    Have you disabled CCleaner and the Dropbox app still doesn’t automatically launch when you turn on your computer?

    • r-c-195's avatar
      r-c-195
      Helpful | Level 6
      3 years ago

      Disabling CCleaner didn't work.  In fact the mystery is that when Windows 11 starts, the Startup option to have Dropbox start automatically switches off.

       

      It's like when Windows restarts, something is causing the 

      Dropbox setting to automatically turn off.

      • kndclark-125328012's avatar
        kndclark-125328012
        Helpful | Level 5
        3 years ago

        The only reliable solution that I have found is to manually start it.

         

        I wrote a .bat file and in it I start a few things I have added dropbox.exe  and of course one has to use the complete path and it is necessary to put it in double quotes because the path has spaces in it. "C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\dropbox.exe"

         

        I know this is not automatic, but I have to start some other programs this way so I just added dropbox.

         

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