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Roger B.30
Collaborator | Level 9
3 years ago
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Windows Dropbox installer won't start on Windows 10

I run Windows 10 on a Dell Inspiron 3505 laptop. Somehow, Dropbox was not starting at startup. The simplest answer (to me, anyway) was to uninstall Dropbox and reinstall it. I uninstalled DB and down...
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  • Walter's avatar
    Walter
    3 years ago

    In that case, the next step would be an advanced reinstall at this point Roger B.30

     

    Could you give it a go and let us know how it goes?

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Roger B.30
Collaborator | Level 9
3 years ago

Here it is Friday morning, and DB is still uploading. Only about half the data has been uploaded, and there doesn't seem to be any progress being made. Is that normal?

Jay's avatar
Jay
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3 years ago

Have you adjusted the bandwidth limit in the Dropbox desktop application to increase the upload speed?

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