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Dropbox on Windows 7 - unable to login at system start
Suddenly Dropbox (since couple of versions - my latest is 195.4.4995) stopped to login automatically on system startup. Greyed out icon is available in system tray but Dropbox cannot login. I need ma...
Hi Again Hannah, I think I've found the culprit. Out of curiosity I've checked Windows Services and I've found that service "debupdatem" was switched to manual mode. When I made it as "delayed automatic mode" Dropbox started to work without issues.
Hannah
Dropbox Staff
Dropbox StaffHey cachaito, thanks for bringing this to our attention.
When the Dropbox icon is grayed out, what do you see when you just hover over it with your mouse?
Also, just to confirm, can you go to the "general" tab in the Dropbox preferences, to make sure the "Start Dropbox on system startup" option is checked?
Thanks!
Hi Hannah! Thank you for a response. The option "Start Dropbox on system startup" is checked. Let me attach screenshot of unable to login Dropbox app just after system start:
- Hannah
Thanks for the additional info and the screenshot, cachaito!
Do you perhaps have any security programs, like an antivirus, VPN, firewall, etc. that could be blocking Dropbox from connecting?
I just use Microsoft Security Essentials but it was since a long time when Dropbox was starting correctly. Let me remind you that Dropbox works fine after turning it off and on. It's just about opening Dropbox at system startup.
