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error message after installation of the Dropbox desktop app
After the installation on my new mac I get an error message.
Okay, so I figured it out and found a work around. Once I downloaded Dropbox to my Mac I would select it and continually gave me an error message (which is posted above). I uninstalled and reinstalled multiple times and continued to have this issue. It wouldn't let me select anything once the error presented its self. So the work around was once it attempted to load I would click on the Dropbox symbol in menu bar and before it gave me an error I would select the preferences. It appeared that an old Dropbox account was still logged in. Therefore, I logged out and from there it allowed me to input my Dropbox details and connect my Mac to the Dropbox app. I am not sure what cause this issue but maybe the team can offer some insight. All I know is I found away around the error message and got the Dropbox app to work. Hope this helps others in the future.
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- bn.BUILD_KEY: Dropboxbn.VERSION: 173.4.6706bn.constants.WINDOWS_SHELL_EXT_VERSION: 61bn.is_frozen: Truemachine_id: 6e8fbcf7-6dcb-5737-b790-65190507208bpid: 1386ppid: 1uid: 502user_info: pwd.struct_passwd(pw_name='worktait', pw_passwd='********', pw_uid=502, pw_gid=20, pw_gecos='Work Tait', pw_dir='/Users/worktait', pw_shell='/bin/zsh')effective_user_info: pwd.struct_passwd(pw_name='worktait', pw_passwd='********', pw_uid=502, pw_gid=20, pw_gecos='Work Tait', pw_dir='/Users/worktait', pw_shell='/bin/zsh')euid: 502gid: 20egid: 20group_info: grp.struct_group(gr_name='staff', gr_passwd='*', gr_gid=20, gr_mem=['root', 'worktait'])effective_group_info: grp.struct_group(gr_name='staff', gr_passwd='*', gr_gid=20, gr_mem=['root', 'worktait'])DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH: Nonecwd: '/'real_path='/'mode=0o40755 uid=0 gid=0parent mode=0o40755 uid=0 gid=0HOME: '/Users/worktait'appdata: '/Users/worktait/.dropbox/instance1'real_path='/Users/worktait/.dropbox/instance1'mode=0o40700 uid=502 gid=20parent mode=0o40755 uid=502 gid=20dropbox_path: '/Users/worktait/Library/CloudStorage/Dropbox'real_path='/Users/worktait/Library/CloudStorage/Dropbox'not foundparent mode=0o40755 uid=502 gid=20sys_executable: '/Applications/Dropbox.app/Contents/MacOS/Dropbox'real_path='/Applications/Dropbox.app/Contents/MacOS/Dropbox'mode=0o100755 uid=502 gid=20parent mode=0o40755 uid=502 gid=20trace.__file__: '/Applications/Dropbox.app/Contents/Resources/python-packages.zip/dropbox/client/ui/common/boot_error.pyc'real_path='/Applications/Dropbox.app/Contents/Resources/python-packages.zip/dropbox/client/ui/common/boot_error.pyc'not foundparent not foundtempdir: '/var/folders/jq/x86_4tk10fn10m962ylgt65h0000gp/T'real_path='/private/var/folders/jq/x86_4tk10fn10m962ylgt65h0000gp/T'mode=0o40700 uid=502 gid=20parent mode=0o40755 uid=502 gid=20Traceback (most recent call last):File "desktop/dropbox/client/main.py", line 5253, in _setup_root_for_accountFile "desktop/dropbox/sync_root/helpers.py", line 511, in get_root_for_accountFile "desktop/dropbox/foundation/futures/basic.py", line 857, in resultFile "desktop/dropbox/sync_root/handlers/macos/file_provider.py", line 121, in set_result_or_convert_exceptiondropbox.mac.internal.MacError: [Errno -2001] Error Domain=NSFileProviderErrorDomain Code=-2001 "No valid file provider found with identifier ‘com.getdropbox.dropbox.fileprovider/a1738e03-dc81-411b-ba92-21b4504dbd1c’." UserInfo={NSLocalizedDescription=No valid file provider found with identifier ‘com.getdropbox.dropbox.fileprovider/a1738e03-dc81-411b-ba92-21b4504dbd1c’.}
Yes feel free to reach out via email. The real issue is that I just installed and I can't even access dropbox to do anything in the settings. I just keeps giving me this error even after I restart my computer, uninstall, reinstall the dropbox software.
Got your email & responded. let me know if you go it. Thank you, Megan.
Okay, so I figured it out and found a work around. Once I downloaded Dropbox to my Mac I would select it and continually gave me an error message (which is posted above). I uninstalled and reinstalled multiple times and continued to have this issue. It wouldn't let me select anything once the error presented its self. So the work around was once it attempted to load I would click on the Dropbox symbol in menu bar and before it gave me an error I would select the preferences. It appeared that an old Dropbox account was still logged in. Therefore, I logged out and from there it allowed me to input my Dropbox details and connect my Mac to the Dropbox app. I am not sure what cause this issue but maybe the team can offer some insight. All I know is I found away around the error message and got the Dropbox app to work. Hope this helps others in the future.
I had the same problem and it worked, thank you so much
