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taballe
New member | Level 1
11 days ago

Installed 214.3.5140 and the behavior when I take a screenshot changed

Hi, I have this update installed.  My Dropbox screenshot behavior has recently changed, and I have not changed anything.  I save all screenshots with Dropbox.  In the past few days, the new behavior...
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  • taballe's avatar
    taballe
    19 hours ago

    Hi Walter,

    It seems that using the dropbox.com/installs/upgrade-latest-version page got me the latest beta.... :(

    I was finally able to download the latest stable client build - 214.4.5217.  I was able to find it by googling "Dropbox forum latest stable client build."  Is it supposed to be that hard? 

    After installing 214.4.5217, I see that the issue is fixed.  The usual/normal behavior is back: I press Print Screen and the screenshot is saved to my Dropbox Screenshots folder, but I don't get that annoying little preview of the screenshot in the bottom right corner of my Windows desktop.  It therefore seems that this was a "feature" in the beta... If it was intentional, then they haven't gotten it quite right yet... It needs a setting for toggling the preview on/off.  :)

    I did turn off the early access toggle switch.

    Please confirm/correct any questions/assumptions in this post and my previous post.  :)

    Thank you.

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taballe
New member | Level 1
11 days ago

Hi Hannah,

>> There isn't really a setting for this within the Dropbox preferences; 

Yes, there is.  Please look up at the screenshot that has the Dropbox Preferences window.  It has a Screenshots tab, and I have the "Save Screenshots to Dropbox" toggle switch set to on.  That is a Dropbox window, not a Windows window.

  • Walter's avatar
    Walter
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    10 days ago

    Could you maybe quit the Dropbox desktop app and take a screenshot while it's not running? Do you get any different results perhaps?

    If you could also clarify how exactly you're taking the screenshot (which keys you're pressing), I'd appreciate it.

    In any case, please keep us posted taballe 

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