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How can I disable Dropbox for individual users on a Windows PC?
I have a PC (Windows 11) with accounts for multiple users, i.e. a family PC. I am using dropbox, and it works well. However, other users are not using dropbox. These other users experience an annoyin...
Rich
Super User II
Super User II
Ueli wrote:
Not having a dropbox account, these users have no access to dropbox settings and preferences.
Have each of them use the Startup Apps section in Windows to turn off Dropbox.
Thanks for the suggestion. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem to work for me. It's an "all or nothing" situation.
When one of the non-dropbox-users wants to turn off dropbox in the startup list, Windows asks for the admin password. When given, dropbox startup is indeed disabled - not only for this user, but for all users of the PC. However, I want to use dropbox just for myself, so I don't want it turned off.
- Rich
Ueli wrote:
When given, dropbox startup is indeed disabled - not only for this user, but for all users of the PC.
I didn't realize it disabled that for all users.
Disable it for all users, then create your own shortcut for Dropbox and place it in the Startup folder within your own user profile.
I know this might be a silly question, but how does one create ones "own" shortcut?
Do you: click Start, then scroll down list of all programs, left-click+drag Dropbox icon onto user's Desktop? Then what? Where is the Startup Folder in Windows 10?
I think I found the user's Startup folder:
c:\Users\MyUSERNAME\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\
Steps to solve this:
- I disabled Dropbox (for all users) in Task Manager / Startup (right-click, disable).
- I clicked Start, then scrolled down the list of all programs, left-click+drag the Dropbox icon onto my Desktop.
- Copied t he Dropbox shortcut to c:\Users\MyUSERNAME\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\
After a quick test (I switched to another user), it seems to work! 😊
