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InsomniaStudios
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2 years ago

File Explorer automatically opens when app launches at startup on Windows

As the title says my dropbox folder in file explorer for some reason has started to automatically open every time I start my laptop / the dropbox app launches. I have not changed any settings (to the...
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Nuber Lone's avatar
Nuber Lone
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2 years ago

I have the same problem; I already tried reinstalling, but it doesn't fix it. The file explorer keeps opening automatically

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Jay
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2 years ago

Hi Nuber Lone, could you follow these steps to disable the automatic startup, and then try rebooting your machine to see if the issue is repeated?

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    Nuber Lone
    New member | Level 1
    2 years ago

    I have a scheduled task that opens Dropbox every hour to ensure that the files are syncing. It's annoying when the folder containing Dropbox opens; I don't know if I'm explaining myself well. That didn't happen a week ago—this behavior was added with the latest update :(

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      Walter
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      2 years ago

      Thanks for the additional information Nuber Lone - much appreciated.

      Could you also let us know your computer's exact OS version and the status and version of the Dropbox desktop app as shown in your system tray? 

      • Nuber Lone's avatar
        Nuber Lone
        New member | Level 1
        2 years ago

        I have tried it on 2 computers, with Windows 10 and Windows 11. Version v213.4.45979

    • SteveOnorato's avatar
      SteveOnorato
      Explorer | Level 4
      11 months ago

      I do the same scheduled task thing here (except I only launch once per day).  Had this running nicely for years, but this undesired behavior started recently.  If this really needs to be the new behavior could engineering offer an optional command line flag to suppress this behavior?

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