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Lynda C.3
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11 years ago
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Where is the gear icon on my Dropbox desktop app?

Anyone know where to find the gear icon on Dropbox?
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  • Alicia E.'s avatar
    Alicia E.
    10 years ago

    I have Windows 10 and finally, finally found the gear icon and preferences. I agree that finding this should have been easier -- it should appear when one clicks the DropBox icon on one's desktop. But it doesn't. I created a very quick and dirty set of 4 screenshots that shows, in a very simple way (which is how I can understand these things) how I got to it. It starts with (1) the "show hidden icons" button that looks like an up arrow, on the lower right-hand corner of my screen (the area known as the "systems tray" - then (2) I clicked the DropBox icon (has a little check-mark on it) - then (3), a little box opens (labeled, "up to date" and lists "recently changed") and, lo and behold, the blasted gear icon appears in the upper right corner of it, so (4) I clicked that and got a dropdown menu that included "preferences." My very amateur set of screenshots is here:


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Rich
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10 years ago

it should appear when one clicks the DropBox icon on one's desktop. 

That icon is just a shortcut to your Dropbox folder. It's not the actual application (though it will launch the application if it's not already running, but ultimately it only opens the folder and has no other interaction with the program, just like all the other shortcuts on your computer).

Thanks for posting the screenshots. I've taken a screenshot and attached it to your post, instead of linking to an external site.

 

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