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Alex M.76
10 years agoExplorer | Level 4
Dropbox Icon missing Windows 10
I fired my laptop up a couple of days ago and I noticed that the dropbox icon in the taskbar was missing. I checked task manager and dropbox is running theres just no icon and if I kill the task and...
- 9 years ago
Hi, I had this same (infuriating!) problem and fixed it thusly:
Right click on the systray area
select Properties
then select Notification area > customize
At the top there is a link to "Select which icons appear on the taskbar"
Go in there and toggle whatever setting you see for your dropbox icon.
Exit out -- should be fixed.
In my case the dropbox icon was set to "on" and I toggled it off. After exiting the dialog, I had my dropbox icon back in the "show hidden icons" area. I repeated the above and toggled the dropbox icon back to "on" and now it is back in my systray where it belongs.
I hope this helps someone.
Lori
- 7 years ago
Solution: as of Sep 15 2018, right click on taskbar in windows, select "Taskbar settings," and scroll down to section "Notification Area," and select "Select which Icons Appear on the Taskbar." here you should see DROPBOX and can turn it on!
goog49
New member | Level 2
"Right click in systray area". Can't do this. I get properties for whatever icon I'm in.
Jane
6 years agoDropbox Staff
Hey there (goog49), it’s my understanding that you’re referring to my post on the third page on this discussion, am I on the right track? If so, have you incidentally had a chance to check whether any of my suggestions to Ros does the trick for you?
Just in order to close the circle here on our previous discussion with Ros (i.e. since this was solved on our system), it seems that a missing Windows update was the culprit for him this time. Would you mind having a second look towards this direction as well?
Once you do, please keep me updated on the outcome whenever you have some spare time & I’ll do my best to follow-up with you. Have a wonderful Monday ahead until we talk again!
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