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Nigel W.7's avatar
Nigel W.7
New member | Level 1
10 years ago

NSIS when uninstalling the app

Dropbox.com will not sync with Dropbox on my PC. Thought I'd uninstall Dropbox and start again. When I try and uninstall, I get an NSIS Error message saying"error launching installer" Any suggesti...
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  • Farrukh F.'s avatar
    Farrukh F.
    10 years ago

    After lots of trial and error I found this work for me. 

    1. Click on Start. Type Run
    2. Type C:\Users\Gravitino\AppData\Roaming Alternatively locate this folder called Roaming within your AppData folder.
    3. Inside this folder you would find Dropbox folder. Go into this folder, you would find a bin folder. Find the file called DropboxUninstaller.exe 
    4. Now if you click on this DropboxUninstaller.exe you would get same message as before "error .." Instead Right Click on DropboxUninstaller.exe and click on Run as Administrator.
    5. This will remove the Dropbox. Now you can make a fresh installation. Good luck!

     

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Ali A.34's avatar
Ali A.34
New member | Level 1
10 years ago

Hi. Totally agree with your last comment. My problem hasn't been fully resolved as yet. Even though "running as administrator" solves the installation and syncing issue, the problem is that my Dropbox somehow gets uninstalled by itself and I have to reinstall it (as administrator) almost once every couple of days. Ive checked for virus a dozen times but theres nothing. I even deleted the entire dropbox folder once after which allowed me to uninstall Dropbox from Control Panel, then reinstalled (as administrator). Still the same situation persists. Still get the NSIS Error.
Let me know if anyone else is also having to reinstall Dropbox every few days. Reminds me I need to do that right now :D

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