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The Dropbox desktop application will no longer be supported for Windows 7, 8 and 8.1 on October 22nd
Congratulations Dropbox! You've just put the nail in the coffin of all W7 users who prefer not to be spied on and constantly used for data scraping!
Well done. If the constant scaremonger naggi...
Hi. I am using Windows 10. I am getting Dropbox popup for past few days that "Dropbox is removing support for Windows 7,8,& 8.1. Why am I getting this with only option is to Exit dropbox as per attached. Pl fix the issue to stop spamming Win 10 and above users.
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- Jay
Dropbox Staff
Hi Clive48, it is possible that you have the Dropbox desktop application running in compatibility mode on Windows 10?
Hi. I am on Win 10 & not using Dropbox in compatibility mode. Infact, I uninstalled Dropbox as per ur support page, deleted all folders, reg edit entries and reinstalled using the latest installer 1.3.911.1, ins
talled Dropbox files in a different folder but still I am getting the same Support error.
I am using Windows 10 Enterprise for Virtual Desktops OS Build 19045.5131
Please check and fix the issue as I am unable to use Dropbox due to this.
I wanted to attach the logfile but the attachment button is also not working here. I tried 2 different browsers. So have to make a fresh post.
I then tried the offline Dropbox installer which also failed to work on my Win 10. The error log is copied below as attachment button here is not working.
bn.BUILD_KEY: Dropbox
bn.VERSION: 210.5.4894
bn.constants.WINDOWS_SHELL_EXT_VERSION: 76
bn.is_frozen: True
machine_id: 992fa5ef-c5cd-44aa-bc73-45bcc1f54162
pid: 4748
cwd: 'C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Dropbox\\Update\\1.3.911.1'
real_path='C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Dropbox\\Update\\1.3.911.1'
mode=0o40777 uid=0 gid=0
parent mode=0o40777 uid=0 gid=0
HOME: None
appdata: 'C:\\Users\\Home\\AppData\\Local\\Dropbox\\instance1'
real_path='C:\\Users\\Home\\AppData\\Local\\Dropbox\\instance1'
mode=0o40777 uid=0 gid=0
parent mode=0o40777 uid=0 gid=0
dropbox_path: 'E:\\Dropbox'
real_path='E:\\Dropbox'
mode=0o40777 uid=0 gid=0
parent mode=0o40777 uid=0 gid=0
sys_executable: 'C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Dropbox\\Client\\Dropbox.exe'
real_path='C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Dropbox\\Client\\Dropbox.exe'
mode=0o100777 uid=0 gid=0
parent mode=0o40777 uid=0 gid=0
trace.__file__: 'C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Dropbox\\Client\\210.5.4894\\python-packages.zip\\dropbox\\client\\ui\\common\\boot_error.pyc'
real_path='C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Dropbox\\Client\\210.5.4894\\python-packages.zip\\dropbox\\client\\ui\\common\\boot_error.pyc'
not found
parent not found
TMP: E:\Temp;
TEMP: E:\Temp;
tempdir: 'E:\\Temp;'
real_path='E:\\Temp;'
mode=0o40777 uid=0 gid=0
parent mode=0o40777 uid=0 gid=0
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "desktop/dropbox/fs_api/lifecycle.py", line 235, in client
File "desktop/dropbox/fs_api/lifecycle.py", line 283, in _create_thin_client
File "desktop/dropbox/fs_api/fs_api_adapter.py", line 50, in __init__
File "desktop\extensions\fs_api\fs_api_python.pyx", line 63, in fs_api_python.FsApiServer.__cinit__
fs_api_python.FsApiError: "Initializing fs api |>> Initializing application filesystem |>> Attempting to initialize dbx cache directory |>> NtCreateFile syscall: open_unchecked |>> ACCESS_DENIED |>> Permission denied"The above exception was the direct cause of the following exception:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "desktop/dropbox/client/main.py", line 950, in wrapper
File "desktop/dropbox/client/main.py", line 7136, in finish_dropbox_boot
File "desktop/dropbox/client/message_queue.py", line 306, in _wrapped
File "desktop/dropbox/client/main.py", line 6583, in _init_components_for_account
File "desktop/dropbox/client/main.py", line 6504, in create_sync_engine
File "desktop/dropbox/sync_engine_boundary/factory.py", line 212, in make_sync_engine
File "desktop/dropbox/sync_engine/nucleus/classic_client/sync_engine.py", line 243, in __init__
File "desktop/dropbox/sync_engine/nucleus/classic_client/modern_client/modern_client.py", line 294, in __init__
File "desktop/dropbox/sync_engine/nucleus/classic_client/modern_client/base.py", line 242, in __init__
File "../win32_x86_64_dropbox_virtual_env/python38/Lib/functools.py", line 967, in __get__
File "desktop/dropbox/fs_api/lifecycle.py", line 259, in client
dropbox.fs_api.lifecycle.FsApiClientCreationException: "Initializing fs api |>> Initializing application filesystem |>> Attempting to initialize dbx cache directory |>> NtCreateFile syscall: open_unchecked |>> ACCESS_DENIED |>> Permission denied"- Walter
Hey Clive48 - thanks for all the additional information there.
Could you try an advanced reinstall and let us know if you get the same results?
We have the same issue using Windows Server 2019. Dropbox cannot be started anymore.. What can we do!?
- Hannah
Hi and for the hint regarding early releases.
I changed the toggle to stable and installed the LTS version. Is is currently indexing 360.000 files. Lets see if is working afterwards. I will keep you informed.
