Update behind socks proxy

[xsoft]

Hi,
I have Dropbox 27.4.22 on Windows 7.
I have it connected via socks5 proxy. Direct call to dropbox.com is blocked on company firewall.

Update procvess will NOT go thru dropbox app, instead I have fileopen request to:
file:///C:/users/.../appdata/local/temp/dbxlatk7ns.html#

This file openet at browser with proxy (without it will NOT load, its dropbox.com redirect)
and open an installer: https://www.dropbox.com/downloading?from_client=True

But also, this install will fail, because it's not using Socks proxy.

Well, why is Dropbox aboiding proxy setting and why is trying to connect directly to Dropbox.com? Automatic update can never be done in this way (with proxy required envirement).

[Sanchez]

Hi @apraetor & @xsoft,

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[Ed]

Hey xsoft

We're not 100% comfortable with this modified version of the client (and it could contain all sorts of things that we can't verify or support) so we took the link down to prevent any issues.

Don't want to make it look like we're censoring content (I'm all in favor of workarounds to get things to work) but we also want to make sure they are not harmful / hacks that could cause any issues.

Hope you understand !

Cheers

[xsoft]

Hello,
Yes, you are right. There can be anything since it's not directly from you (Dropbox web).
That's why I attached that note, that there can be anything dangerous.

Note: this will also works with this (full offline verion) linke (directly from you - aka clean):
https://www.dropbox.com/downloading?plat=win&type=full

It's a bit sad, that I can't find this quickly when online version fails.

Btw I'm still working on this issue with your support team, so install behind SOCKS proxy is not solved wet.

[Lucio]

By design, the Dropbox Update process is separate from the client and does not have access to the client's preferences, it uses the Windows OS network preferences rather than the Dropbox desktop application's proxy settings.