You might see that the Dropbox Community team have been busy working on some major updates to the Community itself! So, here is some info on what’s changed, what’s staying the same and what you can expect from the Dropbox Community overall.

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Dibrom
Helpful | Level 7
5 months ago

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...
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Clive48's avatar
Clive48
New member | Level 1

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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lycra's avatar
lycra
Collaborator | Level 9
2 days ago

We have the same issue using Windows Server 2019. Dropbox cannot be started anymore.. What can we do!? 

  • Hannah's avatar
    Hannah
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    2 days ago

    Hey lycra, can you check Ben's reply here, to see if it helps even though it's not specific to Windows Server 2019?

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      lycra
      Collaborator | Level 9
      24 hours ago

      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.

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