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ccowap
Explorer | Level 3
4 years ago

Windows app stuck "updating dropbox account"

Noticed yesterday. Same issue on Windows 10 and 7 machines with same account app stuck "updating dropbox account" Unable to sign into app Re-install not cured it deleting cache not cured it.
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Melissa11's avatar
Melissa11
New member | Level 2
3 years ago

I have been having the same problem with my windows desktop app for almost a year now.   Windows firewall is set to allow all 3, domain, private, and public communication for Dropbox.

Please help, Dropbox is so much less useful when you have to do everything through a browser.

ccowap's avatar
ccowap
Explorer | Level 3
3 years ago

I had to uninstall and re-unstall DB

and then completely re-sync all the files to a new folder.

DB default folder name format changed while doing that - (which was odd) out of interest.

  • Hannah's avatar
    Hannah
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    3 years ago

    Hey Melissa11, sorry to you see you're having this issue.

     

    Did you happen to try what ccowap suggested that worked for them, to see if it helps you too?

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