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The Dropbox icons are gone when I use the Windows 10 explorer including the . I tried everything I could find in the web to fix it without success. It took me 2 days now.
I noticed: In the Windows 10 explorer, no Dropbox icons are shown and no Dropbox context menu entries are shown ( Dropbox share..., copy Dropbbox Link, show on Dropbox)
But in most Open and Save As Dialog Boxes - like Word OpenDialog - all icons are visible, all context menu entries are shown. E.g. the Open Dialog of NOTEPAD doesn't show icons and menus.
I reeinstalled several times, ranked the overlay identifiers, moved der Dropbox folder. Now I have no idea what else I could try. May be you.
Thanks Andreas
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Hi, I do have exactly the same problem.
The Icons Overlay & DB-Context menu only works within "Not another PDF Scanner" Application.
Any other application (including explorer) won't show the Icons or the context menu.
Is ther any solution on this already?
Sorry Jane, never received a message. Can you resend pls.
Thanks
Andreas
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Hi Jane, I just tried the registry fixes/folder permissions/ reinstall. But still i experience this: Very few app show the overlay icons ... most (incl explorer) won't! Am I missing something here?? Any ideas? Thanks in advance!
Best
Tilll
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Hi Jane, if you are refering to the Windows icons overlay... i tried that! I was renaming the dropbox overlays with spaces to move them up, and now changed them back to normal. as in my screenshot. nothing changed so far 😞 .... maybe i am missing sth basic here? THanks for ur patience!
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hi jane, thans for your reply. i just can't get the icon overlays to work. which is a bit of a hustle if i want to share links directly from my desktop. i did what u suggested an reduced the overlays to 15 entries. but it didnt change anything. is another path i could check? thanks best
till
.. ah well an there are no dropbox entries in the right-mouse click context menu on any file within the dropbox folder.
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