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Cannot find Dropbox preferences to set up selective search
Setting up new PC with Windows 11 which is new to me. I have installed dropbox on my PC and was attempting to set up selective sync. Instructions from Dropbox site are to open dropbox and click on my...
PierreL1 wrote:
There does not appear to be a dropbox app per se. Instead, when I click on the Dropbox icon, all I am seeing is File Explorer open to Dropbox.
You're clicking the Dropbox icon on your Desktop or from the Start menu. You need to click the icon in your system tray/notification area.
I am having the same problem. The Dropbox app from the system try does no have the usual tabs that would allow me to select/unselect folders for syncing. Oddly, on my other laptop the Dropbox app still functions as normal.
Just an update: The selective sync controls briefly reappeared in my Dropbox app (which I access through the system tray)... an hour later it's gone again. Crazy!
Next time I can get the app to open with controls I will never close it.
- Hannah
Dropbox Staff
Hey jason999, sorry to hear about this.
Since you still have a Dropbox icon, can you hover over it, and let us know which version of the app you're running and what's the sync status?
A screenshot of how the preferences appear on your end, would also be really helpful, if you can send us one.
Hi Hannah,
I have the same issue and see no solution for selecting preferences and therefore selective sync
I unistalled and reinstalled the app and the normal Preference options window was visible but after I made a selection of folders to appear on my desktop as part of the setup it disappeared never to return. At least not by any mechanism I tried.
- Rich
Super User II
itevans wrote:
I have the same issue and see no solution for selecting preferences and therefore selective sync
The top of your screenshot appears to be cut off. Does it not show the full window, or are there no icons above the Sync History and Activity tabs? Or does that screenshot show the very top of your monitor and the Dropbox window is partially off-screen?
