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Dropbox and Windows 11 - not autostarting
Although all the settings say it should be, my recently installed copy of Dropbox on a new W11 machine is not autostarting on switch on. I'm having to start it manually. One PC and 2 iOS systems can use the account. Old PC previously disconnected.
Any ideas? Thanks.
Neil_Stanley wrote:
Tried that (144.4.4491) - on reboot still no tray icon but DbxSvc exists in Task Manager.
Go into Windows Settings/Apps/Startup and make sure Windows hasn't disabled the startup of Dropbox.
In Windows 11 Dropbox has been set to "Start Dropbox on system startup).
In Task Manager (used to be in msconfig) Dropbox is set as a Startup App.
Dropbox is not starting when Windows starts.
In Windows 11 Dropbox has been set to "Start Dropbox on system startup).
In Task Manager (used to be in msconfig) Dropbox is set as a Startup App. Dropbox is not starting when Windows starts.
Dropbox has been uninstalled and reinstalled. No change.
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Robert
Dropbox used to work fine until 2 weeks ago. No major change to my system besides Windows11 updates.
Now, DB will not start after a cold start, only after a reboot.
Thank you for your help.
- Mark
Super User II
Have you tried a reinstall?
Problem solved! An app called CCleaner was turning off Dropbox at Startup. Turned CCleaner switch to off at startup and turned Dropbox on and voila! Dropbox now is in the system tray! Thank you so much for your help!
So none of the suggested fixes worked for me. In startup apps and in the app profiles it was already set to startup when the system starts. I do think I have solved the issue for my machine.
I looked in the task scheduler and there were two entries for Dropbox and both were disabled. I deleted the one that didn't look as complete and enabled the other. On reboot Dropbox was running. I hope this continues to work.
- Megan
Dropbox Staff
Hi kndclark-125328012, thanks for the update!
Keep an eye out for this, and update us if you come across any issues again. See you around!
Tried that (144.4.4491) - on reboot still no tray icon but DbxSvc exists in Task Manager. File moved to Dropbox folder didn't appear on other devices until I forced Dropbox start (when 3 additional Dropbox tasks appeared in Task Manager as did tray icon).
Thanks.
- Rich
Neil_Stanley wrote:
Tried that (144.4.4491) - on reboot still no tray icon but DbxSvc exists in Task Manager.
Go into Windows Settings/Apps/Startup and make sure Windows hasn't disabled the startup of Dropbox.
