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Regc
Helpful | Level 6
3 years ago
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How to stop the desktop app backing up my pc

How do I stop the Windows App trying to backup my PC.  There are no settings when I open the app, only my list of files in DropBox.  Since I could not stop,this function, I just deleted the desktop a...
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  • Regc's avatar
    Regc
    3 years ago

    Going to taskbar settings and looking at list of apps on the taskbar, Dropbox was not turned on.  I turned it on but the icon still didn’t appear.  I reinstalled again and still no luck.  I restarted my PC and it finally appeared.  👍

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Regc
Helpful | Level 6
3 years ago

It’s not there either.

Regc's avatar
Regc
Helpful | Level 6
3 years ago

Going to taskbar settings and looking at list of apps on the taskbar, Dropbox was not turned on.  I turned it on but the icon still didn’t appear.  I reinstalled again and still no luck.  I restarted my PC and it finally appeared.  👍

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