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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.

     

     

Lambda347's avatar
Lambda347
New member | Level 2
2 years ago

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.

  • Hannah's avatar
    Hannah
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    2 years ago

    Hey Lambda347, sorry to see you're having trouble with this.

     

    I've moved your post to this thread that's about the same issue.

     

    Can you take a look at the info and troubleshooting steps provided, to make sure you haven't missed something?

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