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RomainT's avatar
RomainT
Helpful | Level 5
4 years ago

Dropbox passwords extensions (both for Firefox and Chrome) can't find desktop app on Windows

 Today the browsers extensions (both for Firefox and Chrome) stopped detecting the desktop app on my Windows computer (on my Mac it's working as expected).   I reinstalled both the desktop app (v...
Desktop
Dropbox Passwords
Setting up the apps
Windows
  • RomainT's avatar
    RomainT
    4 years ago

    Hi,

     

    I solved the problem by uninstalling Dropbox Passwords then reinstalled it.

    Apparently, the "reinstall" option of the executable is not enough (maybe because it doesn't enforce a reconnection).

    I still don't know why this bug happened all of a sudden, but here is how I fixed it.

     

    Thanks for the help anyway. 🙂

Jay's avatar
Jay
Icon for Dropbox Staff rankDropbox Staff
4 years ago
Hi RomainT, thanks for posting today!

In order to look into this matter in more detail, could you contact the support team directly using this link?

Once you get a ticket ID from the automated response, please let me know the number here so I can locate it in our system!
  • RomainT's avatar
    RomainT
    Helpful | Level 5
    4 years ago

    Hi,

     

    I solved the problem by uninstalling Dropbox Passwords then reinstalled it.

    Apparently, the "reinstall" option of the executable is not enough (maybe because it doesn't enforce a reconnection).

    I still don't know why this bug happened all of a sudden, but here is how I fixed it.

     

    Thanks for the help anyway. 🙂

    • Jay's avatar
      Jay
      Icon for Dropbox Staff rankDropbox Staff
      4 years ago
      Glad to hear you were able to resolve this matter, RomainT.

      If you need any further assistance, please let me know. Enjoy your week ahead!
    • Flotilla's avatar
      Flotilla
      New member | Level 2
      4 years ago

      This just solved my exact same problem bothering me for weeks - thank you!

      • RomainT's avatar
        RomainT
        Helpful | Level 5
        4 years ago

        The problem still arises sometime with no apparent reason. Even if the reinstall trick is simple it's just boring.

        Either Passwords desktop app or the browser extension is behaving incorrectly and this should be investigated by the Dropbox team.

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