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Dibrom
Helpful | Level 7
2 years ago

The Dropbox desktop application will no longer be supported for Windows 7, 8 and 8.1 on October 22nd

Congratulations Dropbox! You've just put the nail in the coffin of all W7 users who prefer not to be spied on and constantly used for data scraping!   Well done. If the constant scaremonger naggi...
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lycra
Collaborator | Level 9
2 years ago

We have the same issue using Windows Server 2019. Dropbox cannot be started anymore.. What can we do!? 

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Hannah
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2 years ago

Hey lycra, can you check Ben's reply here, to see if it helps even though it's not specific to Windows Server 2019?

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    lycra
    Collaborator | Level 9
    2 years ago

    Hi and for the hint regarding early releases.

    I changed the toggle to stable and installed the LTS version. Is is currently indexing 360.000 files. Lets see if is working afterwards. I will keep you informed.

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