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cgrace18
Helpful | Level 6
3 months ago

Dropbox won't run or uninstall - Windows 11

For context, I'm the IT director for an office of 20 users and all are running Dropbox and Windows 11. One user's computer suddenly stopped starting the Dropbox app at startup. When I began to troubl...
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Jay
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Hi cgrace18, thanks for bringing this to our attention.

 

When you installed the Dropbox desktop application, was it installed with admin privileges?

 

This will help me to assist further!

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cgrace18
Helpful | Level 6
3 months ago

Yes - and I have tried uninstalling it with admin privileges several times, as well as the user having administrator privileges.  

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    Jay
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    3 months ago

    Thanks for the info, I'd recommend contacting the support team directly for them to investigate this'd matter in more detail on their end.

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