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Dropbox icon greyed out says updating account for weeks now
Can someone help me. Dropbox is not working and is grayed out saying, updating account. but its been this way for weeks now, I also can not acces my files on the web by selecting the web icon ? But t...
I have resolved this issue !!!! The problem that caused this was "" Dell Back Up and Recovery "" !! It had to be disabled or removed all together. I chose to disable it and my problem is fixed !
I found this resolution through another issue I was having at the same time. Here is the link to the prosses to disable DBR.
https://www.3dflow.net/zephyr-crash-dell-backup-recovery-qt-known-issue-fix/
Jay
Dropbox Staff
Dropbox StaffI have done the uninstall and reinstalled. Now when I try to sign in the screen just sits there grayout with the icon spinning and if I click on the dropbox icon " thats also grayed out" it says dropbox is starting but nothing ever happens it will just sit there like that ??
- Jay
The app is installed, I even restarted the computer and the app will load but says it has nothing to sync to, so I try and sign in. The sign in screen will take my info and just sit there as if its doing somthing with a windows blue circle icon spinning and thats were it will stay... Now if I check the dropbox icon during this it will now recongnize me and say dropbox is starting and on the bottom of that will say dropbox is updating syncing with folders and just stay stuck at that point also !! If I click my account icon it does show me logged in but everything is just hanging there ?? They will stay like that all day...
- Jay
