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DBVWarchitects
Explorer | Level 3
2 years ago

Dropbox app on Window 11 unable to connect to Internet, does not retain autostart or proxy setting

I just downloaded and installed the Dropbox app to my Win 11 Pro system, but it is unable to connect to the Internet.  I saw that some people were able to resolve this issue by turning off their prox...
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DBVWarchitects
Explorer | Level 3
2 years ago

I decided to try the procedure anyway, even though I have a Basic Dropbox account, and I am unable to delete folder C:\ProgramData\Dropbox because the user, which has local admin rights, does not have permission to delete the log file in the Update\Log subfolder.  I tried to take ownership, but it won't let me do that either.

 

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