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FBenitez
17 days agoExplorer | Level 4
Desktop app saying "Reconnecting to the internet. This may take a moment" on Windows 10
A few days ago Dropbox Desktop (Basic plan) stopped synchronizing with the cloud: neither files that I update in my computer are uploaded nor files that other upload into the share folders. The messa...
- 17 days ago
Just to check, can you access the normal https://www.dropbox.com/ site in your browser?
Could you try these steps to help locate the issue, namely checking the date/time and disabling any security software. Are you on a personal or company-network?
Jay
Dropbox Staff
Hi FBenitez, thanks for bringing this to our attention.
Are you certain that you don't have any proxy, VPN, security software, or even ISP/router settings that could be restricting traffic to the following Dropbox domains?
This will help me to assist further!
FBenitez
17 days agoExplorer | Level 4
Hi Jay, thanks for your quick answer.
Nothing to my knowledge has changed over the weekend, and it worked before. I have no VPN or proxy, no other antivirus is being used. I do not think that anything from the router has being changed either.
I tried closing and opening Dropbox again, re-starting the PC and re-installing Dropbox; no success.
- Jay17 days agoDropbox Staff
Could you check the proxy settings in the Dropbox desktop application preference by using these steps?
Could you try setting it to 'No proxy' to see if this helps?
- FBenitez17 days agoExplorer | Level 4
The custom proxy settings option is off; I tried turning it on/off again, but the problem is not solved.
- Jay17 days agoDropbox Staff
Just to check, can you access the normal https://www.dropbox.com/ site in your browser?
Could you try these steps to help locate the issue, namely checking the date/time and disabling any security software. Are you on a personal or company-network?
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