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Rodney E.
10 years agoNew member | Level 1
My Dropbox desktop app is stuck on "Connecting".
Dropbox won't connect on my pc with windows 7. I've re-installed, rebooted and tried: https://help.dropbox.com/desktop-web/configuring-firewall Most of the preferences buttons are disabled; selecti...
- 9 years ago
Has anynone found a solution for this ? I've unlinked and reinstalled in 5 different ways and I can't get it to work no matter what i do...
Edit: Found a fix for myselfGo to proxies on your Mac and disable ''Auto Proxy Discovery''. I did not realise that this needed to be disabled in order for there to be no proxies. As I have a new computer I thought proxies where basically none.
Hope this helped someone. Here's another thread with more fixes.
https://www.dropboxforum.com/hc/en-us/community/posts/206754586-Dropbox-3-20-1-not-connecting-not-syncing
Bogdan G.2
New member | Level 1
I had the same problem on Windows 7 (64bit). What worked for me was:
- Kill the "Dropbox.exe" process from Windows Task Managers/Processes.
- Restart Dropbox.
danipi0187
8 years agoExplorer | Level 4
Tried below, Nothing solve my issues,:
1. Unlink and re-link dropbox account
2. Kill the "Dropbox.exe" process from Windows Task Managers/Processes. Restart Dropbox.
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