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Dropbox with a UAC prompt every 10 minutes

Dropbox with a UAC prompt every 10 minutes

steffen r.4
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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

 

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noWayToFixUAC
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I know there is already a thread covering this error - it is marked solved, so I can't comment - none of the solutions work for me.

 

Using Windows 8.1 - problem has appeared in the last few weeks.

 

every 10 minutes a very distracting User Account Control message box starts flashing. The only way to get rid of it is to click through the UAC black screen every 10 minutes.

 

I have tried uninstalling Dropbox.

It then becomes inpossible to reinstall Dropbox due to an error.

Then the only way I can reinstall is in safe mode.

 

When I reinstall the problem persists.

The only way I can stop the distraction is by turning dropbox off,

which is not a solution.

 

I have tried turning my firewall off - no change.

I have tried disabling / enabling the dropbox update service

I don't want to turn UAC off.

 

Are there any new solutions to this problem?

thanks in advance for any help

 

 

 

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