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Truly stop Dropbox client from starting automatically on Windows 10.
This is happening to me on Windows 10 Pro 64-bit. When I first installed Dropbox 3.14.7 I thought it it was well-behaved, because it offered an option to disabled "Start Dropbox on system startup". B...
To truly prevent Dropbox from changing the autoplay settings (in Windows 10):
- Close Dropbox;
- Open Regedit and go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\AutoplayHandlers;
- Search for EVERY key with written "Dropbox autoplay" and replace this with either "MSOpenFolder" or "MSPromptEachTime" depending on your preferences;
- Restart the PC.
Right now it is working for me, but as always YMMV!
Zed
Dropbox Staff
Dropbox StaffHey Garret W.
If you go to the Dropbox app preferences by clicking on the :gear: icon and uncheck "Start Dropbox on system startup" that should prevent the Dropbox services loading upon your system boot.
jpolich we'd like to help on this, can you share more information with us on what exactly happens? Have you raised a ticket number with our support team?
Thanks!
Ignore my earlier reply. I thought you were replying to another thread:
https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Dropbox/Shell-Overlay-Icons/idi-p/111622/page/5#comments
The startup issue is moot --- I've completely removed Dropbox from my system because of it's stupid icon overlay hijacking approach.
The fact that it is this complicated to keep it from loading with system startup is why I have removed it as of today. I disabled it in Windows Startup and unchecked to start with system boot in preferences yet when I run Task Manager after restarting, there it is. You're not the only app to pull this stunt and I will never use a service that pulls these shady tactics. Shame on you as a company. Although, when has customer satisfaction and user experience ever mattered over selling said users data and profits?
Yeah, there's no way for dropbox (background) services to stop. You can delete them through the task manager, through applications to disable or delete apps from booting, but that doesn't stop dropbox services from booting up. Note, this is different from the dropbox application. I agree. It's terribly shady and unethical what dropbox is doing. Looks like they're copying Google and how Chrome update and it's services autostart too.
I would suggest installing CCleaner and remove all dropbox related items from the startup. That worked for me.
Unchecking the box does NOT prevent Dropbox from starting on start up.
Yes, tried exactly this, but regretfully, Dropbox still opens on startup.
Extremely frustrated.
