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taberd
New member | Level 2
2 years ago

When trying to use a link to share files I have to uninstall dropbox and then re-install it again.

For quite a while now the right click menu option to copy a link to share a file has been missing. The only way to restore it is to uninstall and then reinstall the app. Very frustrating. The option ...
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    taberd
    2 years ago

    Hi Rich. Thanks for your help yesterday. Two things have occurred today. As I thought, dropbox didn't open on booting so I checked task manager and it was switched off on the 'startup' tab so I've enabled that. Also, I took your advice and booted the app from the Start menu and now all is fine. Hopefully, with the two 'fixes' I shouldn't have any more problems. Thanks again for your help.

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taberd
New member | Level 2

Ok thanks. I'll try that tomorrow and let you know how it goes. Any idea why it's started doing this? Thanks for the help.

taberd's avatar
taberd
New member | Level 2
2 years ago

Hi Rich. Thanks for your help yesterday. Two things have occurred today. As I thought, dropbox didn't open on booting so I checked task manager and it was switched off on the 'startup' tab so I've enabled that. Also, I took your advice and booted the app from the Start menu and now all is fine. Hopefully, with the two 'fixes' I shouldn't have any more problems. Thanks again for your help.

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