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oreosmeow
6 months agoExplorer | Level 3
The Dropbox app doesn't launch automatically every time I restart my Win11 computer.
I recently got a new laptop with Win11 on it. Got the Dropbox app installed, synced, etc.
When I shut down the computer, then turn it back on, the DB app is no longer available in my system tr...
- 6 months ago
Hi oreosmeow, can you try going into Dropbox preferences and changing the "Open Dropbox upon startup" slider to the right (instead of the left), and see if that fixes it?
Nancy
Dropbox Staff
Hey oreosmeow! Hope you’re well.
When saying that you need to reinstall the Dropbox app each time for the Dropbox icon to appear, do you mean that you completely uninstall it first and then reinstall it? Or do you just go here to download it without removing it first?
If the latter, please uninstall it next time this happens, and then install it once again via this link.
radical_exponent
6 months agoDropbox Engineer
Hi oreosmeow, can you try going into Dropbox preferences and changing the "Open Dropbox upon startup" slider to the right (instead of the left), and see if that fixes it?
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