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Context Menu Not Appearing
The Dropbox Right-click/Context Menu option does not appear any more in Windows Explorer 8.1
I really do appreciate you taking the time to help with this, Lusil.
In this case, I follow the steps until I get to the points that confuse me ... first of all I don't get #3 (scroll to the right for complete command line). I'm not an expert at Regedit, but I don't see any scroller.
I double checked to assure I'm in the correct registry key path. I've edited the Registry before, but this one is blazing new territory for me.
I've included a screen shot of the Regedit window. Maybe I'm missing a step or not doing something correctly.
Can you take a look at this and let me know if this is what I'm supposed to see?
If this is the complete list of what's supposed to be in my context menu when I right click a file, then either I'm in the wrong part of Regedit or I'm missing quite a few of the items that should be there.
Otherwise, it looks to me that Dropbox is there multiple times and certainly within the first 15 positions, but then again I don't know if I'm even looking at the right thing here.
Lusil
Dropbox Staff
Dropbox Staff- Hello, why don't you give the solution in here so everyone who has this problem can fix it? Best regards,
Hello ndcast ... There was no actual "fix" in my case: During the private email session that the DropBox rep initiated, I experienced the misforunate failure of my hard drive. I had to purchase a new PC at that time. What actually fixed the problem was a pristine installation of the DropBox app on my new computer. I have not had any Dropbox problems since.
Perhaps it could've been the corrupt hard drive that was the cause of the DropBox app problem. (?)
I'm just an end-user and not a DropBox expert, but I do believe I had too many items in my Context Menu from many other apps. What might help is uninstalling all of those apps that apply a menu item there, then reinstalling them with DropBox as your final install.
One crucial detail that might be important: my old computer was running Windows 8.1 and the new PC is Windows 10. Again: no problems so far. Could that be an issue? Who knows. Good luck.
- +1 having the same issue here
- I reinstalled Dropbox and things went back to normal. Thanks
- Lusil
