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hello,
I get a very annoying UAC prompt to allow Dropbox to execute with admin privileges every 10 minutes.
I having this issue in a week now.
What to do?
Steffen
@estruyf wrote:
Same issue over here. UAC message every 10-30 minutes. After uninstalling Dropbox, tried to install it again with the normal installer and offline installer, but both give the "Dropbox update installation failed with error 0x80004002" message.
Hello...
I searched Google for the error message that you're receiving. Please read the first article that's listed below for possible causes and fixes.
Nobody have this issue or know whats wrong?
It's likely just trying to update itself as auto-updates are pushed out as needed. If you ignore them, the software will eventually be unable to communicate with Dropbox.
Hey all
I unistalled Dropbox and when I try to install dropbox again I get a error:
Installing dropbox update failed with error 0x80004002
Have anyone see this error before
Same issue over here. UAC message every 10-30 minutes. After uninstalling Dropbox, tried to install it again with the normal installer and offline installer, but both give the "Dropbox update installation failed with error 0x80004002" message.
same with me. I can not re-install and keep asking for UAC.
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@estruyf wrote:
Same issue over here. UAC message every 10-30 minutes. After uninstalling Dropbox, tried to install it again with the normal installer and offline installer, but both give the "Dropbox update installation failed with error 0x80004002" message.
Hello...
I searched Google for the error message that you're receiving. Please read the first article that's listed below for possible causes and fixes.
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