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PRQ
Explorer | Level 4
12 months ago

The Dropbox shortcut on my desktop isn't working

My shortcut icon stopped working a couple months ago. The only way I can access dropbox is through windows explorer. I'm running windows 10. I have uninstalled/reinstalled multiple times, restarted m...
desktop
Windows
  • Jay's avatar
    Jay
    11 months ago

    Hi PRQ, what happens when you attempt to drag the shortcut to the taskbar? Are there no options to add it to the taskbar?

PRQ's avatar
PRQ
Explorer | Level 4

Yes, that worked, except it won't allow me to more the shortcut to my taskbar for easy access ( I normally have desktop icons hidden).

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Jay
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11 months ago

Hi PRQ, what happens when you attempt to drag the shortcut to the taskbar? Are there no options to add it to the taskbar?

  • PRQ's avatar
    PRQ
    Explorer | Level 4
    11 months ago

    So of course it worked this time (drag & drop)!! I tried several times earlier and it said "add to windows explorer?" When I right-clicked on it the option to add it to taskbar wasn't there either. SOOOO...it seems to be working - fingers crossed!!

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