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H. Hanyang
2 years agoExplorer | Level 3
The Dropbox app is not launching. "Dropbox has unexpectedly quit." error.
"I'm using Windows 10 Pro and since late August, I've been getting a message saying, "Dropbox has unexpectedly quit. Please restart." When I uninstall and reinstall the Dropbox app, it works fine until I reboot my PC. After rebooting, the message appears again and the app doesn't start or sync. Dropbox stops working after every reboot."
22 Replies
- DBoxTips2 years agoExperienced | Level 13
Hello H. Hanyang
Maybe I can help with this. Could you please send a screenshot of the error message "Dropbox has unexpectedly quit" to see how it looks visually? That could be a helpful indicator of what to do next.
Thanks,
Andrew (DBoxTips)
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- H. Hanyang2 years agoExplorer | Level 3
I'm Korean. The error message is also in Korean. I've attached a screenshot.
- H. Hanyang2 years agoExplorer | Level 3
The error message means the following
Dropbox has crashed unexpectedly.
Your files are secure. Please restart Dropbox to resume syncing and other functions. - Nancy2 years ago
Dropbox Community Moderator
H. Hanyang, regarding your previous post, keep in mind that Walter’s previous suggestion to set up a new user profile on your computer with admin rights is purely for troubleshooting reasons and we don’t expect you to have a separate profile to run the Dropbox app.
If you try this step though and it doesn’t help or if you can’t test this, let us know and we’ll further assist.
- DBoxTips2 years agoExperienced | Level 13
Thank you for the details H. Hanyang. That is helpful because it means that Dropbox is crashing internally due to a known reason, as opposed to an external startup crash. I can help with further troubleshooting this for you or Dropbox support could assist you if you open a ticket.
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Andrew (DBoxTips)
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- DBoxTips2 years agoExperienced | Level 13
I noticed the moderators removed part of my post “due to Community Guidelines”. Moderators, I genuinely want to understand what specific community guidelines were enforced here, since I just posted an offer to help free of charge, no strings attached, nothing promotional or commercial.
Thanks,
Andrew (DBoxTips) - woong2 years agoNew member | Level 1
안녕하세요 동일한 문제를 겪고있는데요 혹시나 해결이 되셨나요???
- Nancy2 years ago
Dropbox Community Moderator
안녕하세요 woong! Dropbox 앱을 삭제했다가 다시 설치해 보았는데도 문제가 지속되나요?
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Hey woong! Have you also tried uninstalling and reinstalling the Dropbox app and the issue persists? - woong2 years agoNew member | Level 1
삭제하고 설치후에도 문제가 지속되고있습니다. advanced reinstall 을 해도 계속 지속지속중입니다.
- woong2 years agoNew member | Level 1
It works during indexing and shuts down the program when synchronization starts.
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