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salamanderer
Helpful | Level 5
7 years ago

Ubuntu system tray icon disappeared, can't access preferences

I am running the deskop app on Ubuntu 18.04 and my system tray disappeared altogether.  Dropbox is still syncing -- new fils show up immediately -- but I need to update the sync location and I can't ...
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  • salamanderer's avatar
    salamanderer
    7 years ago

    I wound up running software updates and going to bed and the tray did indeed reappear.

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Pikamander2
Experienced | Level 13

Hi Salamanderer,

It looks like this is a common issue in Ubuntu. Here are some other threads about it.

Can you please try some of the solutions in these threads and let us know which of them work, if any?

https://askubuntu.com/questions/732967/how-to-fix-non-working-dropbox-icon-on-xubuntu-14-04-lts-64

https://askubuntu.com/questions/182567/how-to-fix-missing-dropbox-tray-icon

https://askubuntu.com/questions/795857/how-to-fix-missing-dropbox-panel-icon-with-a-startup-script

https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Installation-and-desktop-app/Dropbox-menu-disappeared-on-Ubuntu-16-10/td-p/169381

https://superuser.com/questions/1037769/dropbox-system-tray-icon-missing-not-working

https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2354444

https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2364904

https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2256902

https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2226604

https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2225969

https://itsfoss.com/solve-dropbox-icon-ubuntu-1310/

https://beamtic.com/dropbox-icon-missing-from-tray-ubuntu

http://www.webupd8.org/2016/06/fix-dropbox-indicator-icon-and-menu-not.html

 

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IamR3m
Explorer | Level 4
6 years ago

No one solution described above can't help me. On my PC running Ubuntu 14.04 Unity and on laptop running 16.04 Unity. And on both at some time icon dissapears. dropboxd is running, but no icon in tray.

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