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Charlotte L.'s avatar
Charlotte L.
New member | Level 2
10 years ago

Dropbox icon keeps disappearing from system tray.

I have Windows 8.1 and use classic shell. The Dropbox icon keeps disappearing from the system tray. I followed the instructions for keeping icons in the system tray, but it does not work. I use the o...
Desktop
Setting up the apps
  • dondj's avatar
    dondj
    8 years ago

    I solved my problem by re-installing dropbox app found on this link:

    https://help.dropbox.com/desktop-web/uninstall-dropbox

     I found a link "download the dropbox app" and installed it on top of the existing installation and everything is now working fine again.

     

Dranoweb's avatar
Dranoweb
New member | Level 2
Do you have tray icon set to auto-hide?

That will do it everytime, especially if you just installed something else, and shuffled it along a couple of places.
ZigZagZio's avatar
ZigZagZio
New member | Level 2
7 years ago

In answer to your question, the tray icon was not set to auto hide. Thanks!

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