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Neil_Stanley's avatar
Neil_Stanley
Helpful | Level 5
3 years ago

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 ...
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  • Rich's avatar
    Rich
    3 years ago
    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.

     

     

kndclark-125328012's avatar
kndclark-125328012
Helpful | Level 5
2 years ago

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's avatar
    Megan
    Icon for Dropbox Staff rankDropbox Staff
    2 years ago

    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!

    • r-c-195's avatar
      r-c-195
      Helpful | Level 6
      2 years ago
      Hello,
      Unfortunately the problem is back. Not sure of running CCleaner is causing the issue.
      • Nancy's avatar
        Nancy
        Icon for Dropbox Staff rankDropbox Staff
        2 years ago

        Sorry to hear the issue came back, r-c-195. 

         

        Have you disabled CCleaner and the Dropbox app still doesn’t automatically launch when you turn on your computer?

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