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Katrinevilladsen's avatar
Katrinevilladsen
Explorer | Level 3
3 years ago

Dropbox app can't launch or be reinstalled

Hello community   After a number of years as a steady Dropbox user I suddenly out of the blue had this weird issue: the Dropbox icon was missing from the top menu bar. I tried launching from the ...
  • Hannah's avatar
    3 years ago

    Hey Katrinevilladsen, thanks for bringing this to our attention.

     

    It's strange that the Dropbox app is still not working after an advanced reinstall. 

     

    Had anything changed on your OS when this issue appeared?

     

    And are you able to install the application from this link?

     

    Keep me posted and we'll go from there.

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