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Dropbox doesn't start at startup in Windows 10.
Tried reboot. No luck.
It's been doing thos for some time and sometimes it does start. But not the last couple of days.
Not listed in services but in Task Manager -> Services but can't be stopped. Thought I'd restart it, but... Does not show up in Notification area.
What to do?
I am having the same problem with a new Dell XPS computer running Windows 10 that I just bought. The Dropbox app is running when I look at Task Manager but nothing is happening, no logo on the tray. Please help. My email is [personal information removed]
I four other computers running dropbox and I don't have a problem on those computers.
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I had the same problem on Win10, although everything was fine few weeks before. I don't know what happened.
I solved it without reinstalling Dropbox. What I did was to add Dropbox to the startup routine of the computer using this protocol:
https://www.wintips.org/how-to-add-a-program-at-windows-10-startup/
Simply type shell:startup in the command box. Then, instead of moving the program in the startup folder, just create a shortcut to the Dropbox program. For me it was: C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\Dropbox.exe
Restart your computer and see the magic happen! You should also see Dropbox among your startup apps in the task manager.
Since this solution continued as a private email, can you share? I still have the same problems as mentioned above: sometimes it starts, then it syncs, then it drops out of the systray. I can start it manually but this is all very frustrating. Can you provide some insight?
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I Never think to look there. Gets me too often. THANKS!
Thank you occamman! Simply making sure Dropbox was enabled for StartUp in Win10 settings fixed the issue (without any reinstalling Dropbox). Simple!
Ahhh - that did the trick.
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