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Robbie1
Helpful | Level 6
2 years ago

I can no longer open Dropbox from the icon pinned to the taskbar, nor from the .exe in the folder

Starting today, I tried to open Dropbox that is pinned to the taskbar. It wouldn't open. I opened the program folder and double-clicked on the .exe file. It also would not open Dropbox.  I uninstalle...
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  • Robbie1's avatar
    Robbie1
    2 years ago

     

     

     

     

    Hi Jay, I think I fixed it. The attached photo shows the target path of the icon pinned to taskbar that will not open. Start menu icon had no properties. I then went to the desktop icon that will open the program and replaced the taskbar icon target with the path C:\Users\robch\Dropbox

    which will now open the program from the taskbar. The executable icon in the program folder remains as per the attached photo. Should I change the target or just leave it as is? At least I can open and use the program now from the taskbar icon.

     

     

JCCantrell's avatar
JCCantrell
Helpful | Level 5
2 years ago

I am having the same problem (at the same time) as originally reported by Robbie1.  I have this problem on all my Windows10 and Windows11 computers.  I have reviewed the total thread (as it exists at the time of my post (Thursday, Dec 14, 2023 - 1420 EST).  No solution proposed has corrected the problem on my machines.  Monitoring for solutions.  Thank you.

  • Randyf's avatar
    Randyf
    Explorer | Level 4
    2 years ago
    I have wrestled with various Dropbox issues for hours. I have found a solution and after a little more testing, I will be canceling my Dropbox account. Too bad it has come to this after being a Dropbox customer for so many years

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