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Carlo C.'s avatar
Carlo C.
New member | Level 2
10 years ago

Dropbox does not appear on tray box, does not start at start up, does not sync files - Windows 7

I have the latest version of Dropbox 3.2.6. Its been about 3 days that dropbox wont work on one of my systems running Windows 7. It was working and syncing fine a few days ago. Now I try to check it in the task bar system tray and the icon is gone, not hidden. I check the windows start up services and dropbox is no where to be found. The task manager shows the process running but no change on memory usage for that application. I have tried uninstalling and installing and no change. In fact once its done installing it doesn't show me the steps that usually come after the installation is complete like choosing sync options, etc. I upgraded to pro user thinking that was gonna fix it but still no change. It is working fine on my laptop which has windows 8 but I need it to work on my desktop as well. I hope this gets resolved, I have been using this service for a couple of years but if this keeps on occurring I will be force to seek a better cloud storage service, and I dont want to do that.

Thank you for your time and hope to hear back from someone from the support team.

-Sebastian

  • I have been struggling with this as well. Finally resolved!!!!!!!!!!! I had given up all together. Today I plugged my phone into my cpu to transfer photos manually. When I got done a Dropbox window opened up asking me to sign in. Once I did, the computer started syncing, and I am back to working just fine!

  • shawncoons's avatar
    shawncoons
    8 years ago

    Same problem. Right-clicking on Dropbox and Running as Administrator worked for me.

  • Jane's avatar
    Jane
    8 years ago
     
    Thanks for the swift reply!
     
    Just a quick question here to determine the case. Can you access the website version of Dropbox from the same network or are you having issues connecting to the website as well? Seems like a firewall, security program, proxy or VPN is blocking the Dropbox desktop. Can you make sure that these steps are followed for the configuration of your firewall and that the domains listed here are allowed or whitelisted? 
     
    Secondly, could you reply here with a screenshot (omitting personal info) of what you're seeing? It would be really helpful in locating the case. 
     
    Will be awaiting your message here! 
     
    Warm regards, 
    JaneA
  • Uninstalling, rebooting, reinstalling with the Firewall turned OFF worked for me. Thnx!
  • Ralf L.'s avatar
    Ralf L.
    8 years ago

    A reinstall fixed it for me.

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