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Dropbox icon will not stay in Notification Area of Windows 10 Taskbar
I am used to always seeing the Dropbox icon in the Notification Area of the Windows Taskbar. But for the last few weeks, it refuses to keep that as the default. I want it to stay there, because seei...
Hi tfd0926, sorry to jump in here, but I just wanted to mention that it sounds like you're using the latest version of our desktop app.
With this version, we're transitioning to using GUIDs to manage the taskbar icon and some users will notice their taskbar icon position preferences will not be remembered during the transition.
You can find out more about this on this page.
I hope this helps to some extent.
Thank you, Hannah, for your reply.
Yes, the 'start Dropbox on system startup' option is checked.
If I uninstall Dropbox and re-install it, what happens to the files I have that currently 'live' in the Dropbox folders? (I keep files there that I want to access from both my desktop and my laptop.) Do I have to move everything out and then start over from scratch after reinstalling?
And if, as someone else said, this issue started with a Dropbox update, is there not a better way to fix it?
Walter
Dropbox Community Moderator
Dropbox Community ModeratorHi tfd0926, sorry to jump in here, but I just wanted to mention that it sounds like you're using the latest version of our desktop app.
With this version, we're transitioning to using GUIDs to manage the taskbar icon and some users will notice their taskbar icon position preferences will not be remembered during the transition.
You can find out more about this on this page.
I hope this helps to some extent.
