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TBat
4 years agoExplorer | Level 4
System Tray Window shrinks every time I open it
This started happening out of nowhere today. The system tray window continually shrinks from its bottom-right corner every time I open it. I can't resize the window and after 5 or 6 clicks it's s...
- 3 years ago
Hi Darryl!
We've addressed those issues in our recent Beta Builds, and we anticipate that it will function smoothly in the next stable version (expected in the upcoming week).
Let us know if you can still spot this issue after upgrading it.
Thanks.
dvanable
3 years agoHelpful | Level 6
What is Dropbox's sprint cycle and schedule? This seems like a pretty important issue, that has been open for (likely) several sprints now.
I ended up backing up my hard drive manually to be sure I had a capture before traveling -- took several hours of baby-sitting, just before a big trip which I would call quite a nuisance at minimum.
Dave
TBat
3 years agoExplorer | Level 4
This probably won't help anyone using Windows 11, but the problem fixed itself completely after I updated to Windows 10 Build 19045. At the time of my initial post I had kept my PC on an older version since MS updates kept screwing up software I need for work.
Now my Dropbox UI is working normally. Wish there was a more concrete answer😕
- dvanable3 years agoHelpful | Level 6
Thanks - and sadly I am on Win 10 v19045.3324 and still experiencing the problem... won't be moving to Windows 11 until they enable the ability to NOTE stack windows.
Dave
- Walter3 years ago
Dropbox Community Moderator
HI all, could you let us know if you happen to be running any 3rd party apps that might be causing issues?
For example, Fences, 7 Taskbar Tweaker and TaskbarX are all different apps that affect layout/organization of normal Windows functions that could be causing some kind of visual issue.
If you are running any of these, could you try disabling them temporarily and let us know if it resolves the issue?
- darrylschick3 years agoCollaborator | Level 9
Walter I don't have any of those programs. The only two PC's with the issue are Dell XPS running Windows 11 that switch between using different monitors using a KVM switch. My other 15+ computers at my business don't have the issue, although they are Windows 10. So the possibilities I see so far is that the window does not resize properly in response to changing monitors, or compatibility with Win11.
- dvanable3 years agoHelpful | Level 6
And I'm on Windows 10, and I also switch between monitors via HDMI A/B switch.
Dave
- darrylschick3 years agoCollaborator | Level 9
Walter If you take a windows laptop with dropbox installed and plug it into an external monitor (ideally with a different screen resolution) and disconnect and reconnect it a number of times you may see the issue. If that doesn't work try a HDMI switch and switch the PC between two monitors of different resolution.
- Megan3 years ago
Dropbox Community Moderator
Hey guys!
For anyone facing this, can I ask if your screen's resolution is set as the default, or if you've changed that in any way?
Keep us posted!
- dvanable3 years agoHelpful | Level 6
Both the laptop and flat panel display are set to default.
Dave
- phil_stothard3 years agoExplorer | Level 4For what it is worth mine works ok to my external monitor but does the shrinking on the laptop monitor - which is set by default to the recommended view which is a very high resolution and 200%.
The shrinking - which is literally halving in size with each view - only happens on the laptop screen. If I restart the laptop it goes back to normal then halves each time. It is always fine to the external monitor.
I’m a bit past caring I was initially pulling all of the content from Dropbox down to a new user on the laptop so needed to monitor it. Now it’s just business as usual updates largely from laptop to Dropbox and don’t need to watch. Surprised you haven’t fixed it or presumably even replicated. - Megan3 years ago
Dropbox Community Moderator
Hi dvanable, in this case, can I send you an email, in order to have a closer look into this?
Also, phil_stothard, you mentioned that on the laptop monitor the display is set to 200%. Have you tried changing it to 100%, to check if the same thing happens then?
- phil_stothard3 years agoExplorer | Level 4
i'm sure it won't happen at 100%, but I am not setting everything on the laptop display to suit one minor application............. the recommended settings are 200% and 2880x1800. I'm not going go against those just for one drop box window which should work with those display settings.
I think you have more than enough information to know what the issue is and go away and resolve it. Some other old apps misbehave with these settings but not to the extent dropbox does i.e. continually halfing the display window size.
- dvanable3 years agoHelpful | Level 6
Megan, yes please. Do you have it from my account info?
Dave
- Hannah3 years ago
Dropbox Community Moderator
Hi all, thanks for all of your insight on this.
We actually brought this up to our team, and we'll be implementing a fix soon, to address these reports.
We'll update you here once we have news.
Thanks again!
- darrylschick3 years agoCollaborator | Level 9
Hannah Will the update address both issues (shrinking window size, and disappearing icons)? The disappearing icons issue occurs even when the window does not shrink. I posted a screenshot earlier in this thread, and am seeing it again this morning. When this happens, it's impossible to access the settings, web link, search, etc.
- Hannah3 years ago
Dropbox Community Moderator
Hi Darryl!
We've addressed those issues in our recent Beta Builds, and we anticipate that it will function smoothly in the next stable version (expected in the upcoming week).
Let us know if you can still spot this issue after upgrading it.
Thanks.
- tijana3 years agoHelpful | Level 5
I still have this issue and as You said it was supposed to be resolved over a month ago...?
- darrylschick3 years agoCollaborator | Level 9
Thank you for resolving these issues
- Walter3 years ago
Dropbox Community Moderator
Hey tijana, could you try the latest version of the app from this page and let us know how it goes?
- darrylschick3 years agoCollaborator | Level 9
Hannah I had the same problem today with what I believe is the current version. The top icons disappeared.
After forcing the app closed and restarting, I have this version:
- Hannah3 years ago
Dropbox Community Moderator
Hey darrylschick, thanks for letting us know.
Can you please run the latest installer here, to see if that helps?
If not, try restarting your computer as well and let me know how it goes.
- tijana3 years agoHelpful | Level 5
It is resolved, I think two days, after I wrote here. Thank You
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