You might see that the Dropbox Community team have been busy working on some major updates to the Community itself! So, here is some info on what’s changed, what’s staying the same and what you can expect from the Dropbox Community overall.
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Taffelzips
9 years agoExplorer | Level 3
Does dbxsvc.exe in Windows System32 folder actually belong to Dropbox program?
Hi, I'm running Dropbox on Windows 10 and everything is basically working fine. Some time ago I noticed a new service called "Dbxsvc" running on my computer. It runs from a file named dbxsvc.exe in m...
- 9 years agoHey Taffel,
The new service you're seeing is an intended part of the application, I'd advise leaving it as is.
You noted sync still appears to work correctly without this service however should you encounter any sync issues with the service removed it will limit our ability to resolve the issue.
Dorothy_Jane
Dropbox Staff
Hey Taffel,
The new service you're seeing is an intended part of the application, I'd advise leaving it as is.
You noted sync still appears to work correctly without this service however should you encounter any sync issues with the service removed it will limit our ability to resolve the issue.
The new service you're seeing is an intended part of the application, I'd advise leaving it as is.
You noted sync still appears to work correctly without this service however should you encounter any sync issues with the service removed it will limit our ability to resolve the issue.
DM77
8 years agoNew member | Level 2
If Dropbox is removed, why isn't this service uninstalled/removed?
- SChalice8 years agoHelpful | Level 6Because DropBox appears to be a really shady company. I am going to try my best to never ever use DropBox even though I have clients that do.
DropBox cannot be trusted!!!!
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