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Dropbox folder opens on Windows Explorer during startup. How can I turn it off?
Minor annoyance, but an annoyance nonetheless - lately when my system starts up, Dropbox starts, syncs, and then opens itself and the Dropbox folder in Windows explorer. I can set Dropbox to not open...
Hey Turonah, welcome to our Community!
What you described rings a bell! A couple of days back we had a case where the OP reported the same behavior.
You can read more about it here. I was wondering if you could follow the steps the OP mentioned while performing an advanced reinstall, since that seemed to resolve the user's issue.
If this doesn't work, let me know and I'll be more than happy to investigate further. Thanks!
Theresa
Community Manager
Community ManagerHi Turonah. I’m really glad to hear you found a way to stop that folder from opening on startup – nice work! 🙌 Thanks so much for sharing your solution with us too. Little nuggets like this can be super helpful for others running into the same thing.
I’m Theresa 👩💻, one of the Community Managers in the forum. I love seeing our members learn from each other and share tips that make Dropbox even easier to use.
By the way, is there a Dropbox feature you’ve come to rely on more lately? Always curious what folks are finding most helpful these days.
See you around,
T😸 (Dropbox Community Manager)
Thanks Theresa! Of course, as a coder myself there's nothing more frustrating than finding a thread describing the exact problem you're having and seeing it end with just "nvm, fixed it" with no actual description of the fix 😂
Honestly, my biggest use of Dropbox is to keep a collection of important files synced across multiple devices for convenient access. Not an easy feat between multiple laptops and desktops, with both Windows and Linux!
