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I fired my laptop up a couple of days ago and I noticed that the dropbox icon in the taskbar was missing. I checked task manager and dropbox is running theres just no icon and if I kill the task and double click on the dropbox exe it loads the app but does not show the Icon so I am unable to check my settings or anything else. Oddly enough it is still working fine on my main desktop.
I have completely uninstalled dropbox and reinstalled a couple of times but there is no change to my issue.
Also, when I launch the installer, after it has downloaded the dropbox files via the installer it doesn't actually launch the install process to let me input my user account or link my files but if I check task manager it shows that dropbox.exe is running.
I am somewhat confused, can anyone help?
I have checked my AV and no issues there but I would assume if it was something to do with AV it would stop the app from being loaded
"Right click in systray area". Can't do this. I get properties for whatever icon I'm in.
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lost dropbox icon from the taskbar. Set Icon to ON. Still not on the screen.
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I am having the same issue and none of the suggested fixes actually work.
I went in to task manager and ended the Dropbox task then tried to reopen Dropbox but that seems to be what the issue is, three Dropbox.exe apps pop up in task manager, then one of the icons turns grey and says suspended next to it then 2 icons disappear before the 3rd icon also finally disappears. the systray icon is there briefly but grey, then when you move your mouse to it the icon just goes away.
Dropbox was working perfectly fine, but now the files on my Windows Desktop are not syncing up, I can still save files in my Dropbox folder on my HDD but its just not sysncing at all but I am connected to the internet and everything else seems to be working ok.
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Brilliant thank you so much. Fixed the problem
Had exactly the same problem. Very annoying, with no error msg nothing and no clear answer on the help pages.
Uninstall and then install again solved it for me anyway!
Yes that has worked but when it did it for me last time this happened, files that I had updated, and that other users had updated, reverted to the most recent update, meaning that the changes I had made during the time my Dropbox wasn't syncing were lost, both from the shared file and from my own copy. This was particularly important with a shared Excel file where important data was lost and this was the only copy of it.
Dropbox stopped syncing again not so long ago and I did request help again but before that got too far, closing down my laptop overnight (which I do every night anyway) was enough to get it to work again.
I really do think it's time Dropbox and Microsoft addressed this conflict, it is clearly very common, the number of issues I'm seeing. It wasn't a problem I ever experienced with Win 7
Sorry to hear that you're still facing this issue @Ros L.; I’ve been able to trace our dialogue back to when we had first discussed it in December & I could see your recent open Support request on our system with our team specialist. I’ve made a note of your latest comment on this email chain & I’ve increased your support priority internally, as I understand that you’d still need assistance on this matter.
Thanks for bearing with us while we’re working towards a fix!
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