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GertFrobe's avatar
GertFrobe
Helpful | Level 6
2 years ago

Dropbox non-admin installation thinks I'm out of disk space and needs admin rights

Windows, non-admin installation. Plenty of space left in my account. Plenty of space left on the computer.

 

This error message recently appeared on 2 of my 3 computers.

 

There's plenty of disk space. Hundreds of GBs.

 

I clicked "Reinstall." It wanted admin escalation.

I declined since the current installation is a non-admin installation. It failed.

 

Why does my non-admin installation suddenly want an admin installation?

Why does it suddenly think it's running short of disk space?

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  • Hannah's avatar
    Hannah
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    2 years ago

    Hey GertFrobe, if this is a feature you're not interested in, and if the app works fine otherwise, I guess you can just ignore the notification.

     

    If you need anything else, please let us know!

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