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olddog76
Explorer | Level 4
3 years ago

Why are 7 versions of Dropbox.exe running on my Windows 11 computer?

I have a HP laptop running Dropbox on Windows 11 and I would like to know why there are seven versions of Dropbox.exe running on my laptop?
Desktop
Setting up the apps
  • Rich's avatar
    Rich
    3 years ago
    olddog76 wrote:

    Here is the screenshot of the process list from task manager. 

    It's normal to have that many processes running for Dropbox. It's not an indication of a problem. Most of them use little to no CPU time and minimal memory.

olddog76's avatar
olddog76
Explorer | Level 4

 

Here is the screenshot of the process list from task manager. 

Rich's avatar
Rich
Icon for Super User II rankSuper User II
3 years ago
olddog76 wrote:

Here is the screenshot of the process list from task manager. 

It's normal to have that many processes running for Dropbox. It's not an indication of a problem. Most of them use little to no CPU time and minimal memory.

  • olddog76's avatar
    olddog76
    Explorer | Level 4
    3 years ago

    Thank you to all who answered my message, all ok now.

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