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michkov
Helpful | Level 6
9 years ago

Why is DBXsvc still running after uninstall of the program

I recently uninstalled Dropbox. Today, after 5 reboots, I find a process called DBXsvc running in the Task Manager. Turns out its a dropbox component. How is this still on my system if I uninstalled t...
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dolphin_probs
New member | Level 2
9 years ago

It's because Dropbox leaves it's service installed and enabled after uninstallation.  God only knows why...??  DROPBOX?!??  Big Brother.. CONSPIRACY MAYBE??  MAYBE THEY'RE AFTER US AAAAAAAAALLL!!

 

 

open a cmd prompt - type net stop dbxsvc

 

then type sc delete dbxsvc

 

 

 

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Dolphin_forSand
New member | Level 2
9 years ago
dropbox_sucks ha escrito:

It's because Dropbox leaves it's service installed and enabled after uninstallation.  God only knows why...??  DROPBOX?!??  Big Brother.. CONSPIRACY MAYBE??  MAYBE THEY'RE AFTER US AAAAAAAAALLL!!

 

 

open a cmd prompt - type net stop dbxsvc

 

then type sc delete dbxsvc

 

 

 


Very helpful thanks, I should add that you should "Run as admin" the CMD to avoid Windows access denial

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