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llanquin
Explorer | Level 4
23 days ago

Windows context menu and folder icons missing

Hi, I've been checking the community posts and almost everywhere online, done every registry change, multiple re installs and i still cant figure out how to bring back the context menu options nor th...
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grdn
New member | Level 2
13 days ago

Thank you Hannah for your reply.

Yes, I confirm the rest of those options are unclickable.

If I hover over the Dropbox icon in the system tray toolbar I see "Dropbox 213.3.4480 Up to date"

Thank you for looking into it.

  • Jay's avatar
    Jay
    Icon for Dropbox Staff rankDropbox Staff
    13 days ago

    Hi grdn, could you try reinstalling the Dropbox desktop application using this link, without uninstalling it first?

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      grdn
      New member | Level 2
      13 days ago

      Hello Jay , thank you for your message.

      Should I first quit Dropbox or can I leave it running?

      • Jay's avatar
        Jay
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        13 days ago

        You can quit the Dropbox desktop application first, as this would help speed things up during the reinstallation.

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