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JCplusULTRA
Explorer | Level 4
2 years ago

Dropbox corrupts Windows 10 Start Menu

Dropbox keeps corrupting my Windows 10 start menu after a few days. The symptom it creates is folders pinned to the start menu no longer close the start menu when clicked. The only solution to fixing...
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  • Hannah's avatar
    Hannah
    2 years ago

    Thanks for the update on this, JCplusULTRA.

     

    It seems that you're running a beta version of the app, which is experimental, so that might be causing this.

     

    Can you turn off the "early releases" option here and then simply reinstall the app and see if that helps?

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JOHN-092
New member | Level 2

I have the same issue as well, with the same behaviors.
Dropbox autoupdates; bug is back, uninstall dropbox, bug is gone, install dropbox all is fine, dropbox autoupdates, bug is back, uninstall dropbox, bug is gone, install dropbox all is fine, dropbox autoupdates, bug is back... etc ad nauseam

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JCplusULTRA
Explorer | Level 4
5 months ago

No response to this thread from the Dropbox team still? I installed Dropbox today and immediately the bug appears. Amazing that this issue has STILL not been resolved.

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