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Preston J.'s avatar
Preston J.
Explorer | Level 4
3 years ago

Dropbox App won't open, the only thing that opens is my Dropbox Folder.

Dropbox app will not open. When I open the app it just opens the file explorer. I have already checked the Taskbar and it's not showing up there. I have also checked the taskbar setting and there is ...
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Rich's avatar
Rich
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3 years ago
Preston J. wrote:

Dropbox app will not open. When I open the app it just opens the file explorer.

The app is already running. When it's running, trying to launch it again just opens your Dropbox folder. Open Task Manager and end task on the Dropbox processes you see, then relaunch it.

  • Preston J.'s avatar
    Preston J.
    Explorer | Level 4
    3 years ago

    I closed all the dropbox tasks and then opened up the App and it did the same thing. Just took a minute and opened up the file explorer. 

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