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Bdavi
5 months agoExplorer | Level 4
Dropbox is installed on one user profile but other profiles get a pop-up to sign in to Dropbox
I'm on a Windows 10 PC that uses multiple Windows accounts (local accounts, it if matters).
The Dropbox installer doesn't give the usual choice between setting it up for "all users" or "curren...
- 5 months ago
Bdavi wrote:
Is there any way to get rid of the popup for the additional users?
Disable the startup of Dropbox for all users in Windows Settings, then create your own shortcut for Dropbox and place it in the Startup folder within your own user profile. See the following thread for more information:
Rich
Super User II
Bdavi wrote:
Is there any way to get rid of the popup for the additional users?
Disable the startup of Dropbox for all users in Windows Settings, then create your own shortcut for Dropbox and place it in the Startup folder within your own user profile. See the following thread for more information:
conoro
13 hours agoNew member | Level 1
This was difficult and a real pain! I cannot understand why the Dropbox application would (a) be installed in all user accounts and (b) would want to start up in all user accounts. It does not make any sense. You can be sure that if this was licensed software this would not happen.
Be that as a it may, thanks for your answer. I would not have figured this out otherwise.
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