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Rob N.
Explorer | Level 4
5 months ago

How can I disable the "Welcome to Dropbox" prompt on Windows?

I manage several clients using Windows Remote Desktop Services (RDS), i.e. multi-user Windows where many people login to the same server. A few months ago, Dropbox updated the client so that this box...
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    Rich
    5 months ago
    Rob N. wrote:

    ... on RDS only a couple of users use Dropbox and therefore everyone else is annoyed by this prompt every day.

    Disable the automatic start-up of Dropbox (which is system-wide), then create your own shortcut to Dropbox for the users that need it and place it in their personal Start Up folder.

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Rich
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Rob N. wrote:

... on RDS only a couple of users use Dropbox and therefore everyone else is annoyed by this prompt every day.

Disable the automatic start-up of Dropbox (which is system-wide), then create your own shortcut to Dropbox for the users that need it and place it in their personal Start Up folder.

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Rob N.
Explorer | Level 4
5 months ago

Thanks - will give that a go.

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