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I noticed that the dropbox icon was not in my apps tray, so I tried to start it manually, clicking the icon on my desktop. Nothing happens - win 10 task manager shows that it starts, but the program disappears from the list again.
Restarting my pc doesn't do the trick, clicking on the dropbox.exe file doesn't do the trick. I checked the start up settings, nothing strange there (task manager again). I just cannot start Dropbox - it seems to be blocked or something. Dropbox updater is running though....
Is there any way I can repair this without having to go through a de- and re-install and re-sync for 2 days?
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I'm encountering the same issue (since upgrading to Windows 10). The Dropbox icon is no longer down in the lower right corner on the System bar. And when I load it from the windows program search the icon appears briefly, just to say "Starting," then disappears. I've already done a re-install and nothing has changed.
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This was annoying me lately, reinstalling would only fix it for a couple of days at best and then it would stop automatically syncing again.
However, here’s the solution that will work if you have this problem.
Just manually copy the Dropbox shortcut to the Windows Start Menu.
First we need the shortcut, locate the Dropbox icon on your screen. Right click it and select “copy” in the dropdown menu.
Alternatively you can create a shortcut of your Dropbox from its installation folder, typically located in the folder "C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\Dropbox.exe"
Then start the File explorer (Win+E) and go to the folder C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\StartUp
Then right click and select “Past shortcut” in the dropdown menu.
Restart your computer and you’re done
Interesting I have noticed that NVIDIA Container using Very high Power usage (when i check my task manager); my dropbox also not starting when I start up my Window 10...
Hey hdavidhughes, please accept my apologies for getting back in touch with you in delay. Are you still having issues with that? Please let us know here if you further guidance from us in any way. Thanks!
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