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Kaminka
New member | Level 2
2 years ago
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Dropbox for Office add-on-Office365 suddenly doesn't work with Dropbox

I've used dropbox for quite a while on my hp envy laptop, windows10, office365. Suddenly, every time I try to open an office document (word, excel, pp - all), I get the following msg:  "Excel/Word.....
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  • Megan's avatar
    Megan
    2 years ago

    Hey Kaminka, thanks for that!
    I'd also love to have a visual just to get a sense if this message is coming from Microsoft's end or our end. 
    Is your Dropbox app currently running, and if so would you mind clarifying the version that you're using?
    You should be able to locate it by hovering your mouse over the little Dropbox icon on your taskbar, next to your WiFi. 

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Kaminka
New member | Level 2
2 years ago

Hi Megan, 

Yes, I'm using desktop. The dropbox file is part of my desktop as well. 

Plan = office 365, and the 1TB dropbox plan. 

I don't have a screenshot, but copied the message in full: 

"Excel/Word... is running into problems with the "dropbox for office" add-in. If this keeps happening, disable this add-in and check for available updates. Do you want to disable it now?" 

Does that help? 

 

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Megan
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2 years ago

Hey Kaminka, thanks for that!
I'd also love to have a visual just to get a sense if this message is coming from Microsoft's end or our end. 
Is your Dropbox app currently running, and if so would you mind clarifying the version that you're using?
You should be able to locate it by hovering your mouse over the little Dropbox icon on your taskbar, next to your WiFi. 

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