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avengerx
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6 months ago

Dropbox app on Windows 7, and the pop-up system tray appears funky.

I have a little old notebook that's 1024x600 screen and Windows 7, and it's been long since I can't easily see and change some settings in the app interface unless I do some hacks. I searched some ...
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Megan
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Hey avengerx, thanks for the added info! 

 

You mentioned this been happening for a long time, right? Would you by any chance be able to recall when this started happening?

 

Also, it might sound trivial, but have you tried a complete reboot of your computer?

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avengerx
Helpful | Level 6
6 months ago
Megan wrote:

Hey avengerx, thanks for the added info! 

 

You mentioned this been happening for a long time, right? Would you by any chance be able to recall when this started happening?

 

Also, it might sound trivial, but have you tried a complete reboot of your computer?

No chance! It's been a long time, over years.


Would you by any chance be able to recall when this started happening?

 

Also, it might sound trivial, but have you tried a complete reboot of your computer?

Megan wrote:

Hey avengerx, thanks for the added info! 

 

You mentioned this been happening for a long time, right? Would you by any chance be able to recall when this started happening?

 

Also, it might sound trivial, but have you tried a complete reboot of your computer?

I turned it on when I took the screenshots today. No telling how many reboots since the issue started.

I don't even remember how it was when it worked. It simply broke in an update and I just let it go as I didn't really use dropbox settings/interface. It only bothered me this time because it was not syncing and once I updated, it enabled some kind of online-only mode that was removing all local copies of files and I needed to switch it off in settings. (btw that was quite the intrusive change IMO -- albeit the app was saying it would keep only "new" files online, it was wiping clean a lot of files from my dropbox (not shared) during its first sync.

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