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olddog76
Explorer | Level 4
4 years ago
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Why are 7 versions of Dropbox.exe running on my Windows 11 computer?

I have a HP laptop running Dropbox on Windows 11 and I would like to know why there are seven versions of Dropbox.exe running on my laptop?
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  • Rich's avatar
    Rich
    4 years ago
    olddog76 wrote:

    Here is the screenshot of the process list from task manager. 

    It's normal to have that many processes running for Dropbox. It's not an indication of a problem. Most of them use little to no CPU time and minimal memory.

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olddog76
Explorer | Level 4
4 years ago

Hi Hannah, sorry for the delay. I have been trying to take a screenshot and send it to you with Screenshot Captor, but due to my inability to understand these programs I seem to keep messing things up. I am no longer sure if what I was doing was right and I couldn't work out how to send it to you. These 7 dropbox.exe were all running in Process Explorer and that is what I was trying to capture and send. Thanks for any help, Olddog76.

 

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Jay
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4 years ago

Hi olddog76, the Dropbox desktop application runs several processes in the background in order for the app to work normally. 

 

Other apps perform the same way, such as browsers. Are you experiencing any issues with the Dropbox app in particular?

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