I think I found the solution.
\nIf you disable the office dropbox add-in the problem doesn't seem to occur anymore. You can still save to dropbox via file explorer making it redundant anyhow.
\nto do this, open excel, go under file, Choose \"Options\", and navigate to \"add-ins\".
\nFrom there locate the Dropbox Add-in and right click, select \"disable\".
\nShould stop it from being an issue.
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\nThanks!
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