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I installed dropbox on a new pc. It was working but after I uninstalled the default antivirus it just never started again. So I uninstalled and installed several times. When I finish the installation I always get the same message.
Couldn't start Dropbox.
Here's the log of the error:
bn.BUILD_KEY: Dropbox
bn.VERSION: 163.4.5456
bn.constants.WINDOWS_SHELL_EXT_VERSION: 57
bn.is_frozen: True
machine_id: 1dcf1a4e-73aa-467e-9f27-26978dfc2fbb
pid: 7340
cwd: 'C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Dropbox\\Update\\1.3.639.1'
real_path='C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Dropbox\\Update\\1.3.639.1'
mode=0o40777 uid=0 gid=0
parent mode=0o40777 uid=0 gid=0
HOME: None
appdata: 'C:\\Users\\gonsa\\AppData\\Local\\Dropbox\\instance1'
real_path='C:\\Users\\gonsa\\AppData\\Local\\Dropbox\\instance1'
mode=0o40777 uid=0 gid=0
parent mode=0o40777 uid=0 gid=0
dropbox_path: 'C:\\Users\\gonsa\\Dropbox'
real_path='C:\\Users\\gonsa\\Dropbox'
mode=0o40777 uid=0 gid=0
parent mode=0o40777 uid=0 gid=0
sys_executable: 'C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Dropbox\\Client\\Dropbox.exe'
real_path='C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Dropbox\\Client\\Dropbox.exe'
mode=0o100777 uid=0 gid=0
parent mode=0o40777 uid=0 gid=0
trace.__file__: 'C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Dropbox\\Client\\163.4.5456\\python-packages.zip\\dropbox\\client\\ui\\common\\boot_error.pyc'
real_path='C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Dropbox\\Client\\163.4.5456\\python-packages.zip\\dropbox\\client\\ui\\common\\boot_error.pyc'
not found
parent not found
TMP: C:\Users\gonsa\AppData\Local\Temp
TEMP: C:\Users\gonsa\AppData\Local\Temp
tempdir: 'C:\\Users\\gonsa\\AppData\\Local\\Temp'
real_path='C:\\Users\\gonsa\\AppData\\Local\\Temp'
mode=0o40777 uid=0 gid=0
parent mode=0o40777 uid=0 gid=0
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "dropbox\client\main.pyc", line 7507, in main_startup
File "dropbox\client\main.pyc", line 2763, in initialize
File "dropbox\client\main.pyc", line 1620, in save_or_restore_installer_tag
File "dropbox\client\configuration\context_aware_config_dict.pyc", line 43, in __setitem__
File "dropbox\gui.pyc", line 131, in _trace_warn_if_called_on_main_thread
File "dropbox\client\config.pyc", line 315, in __setitem__
File "dropbox\client\config.pyc", line 103, in __setitem__
File "dropbox\sqlite3_helpers.pyc", line 302, in execute
File "dropbox\sqlite3_helpers.pyc", line 268, in _raise_better_operational_exception
File "six.pyc", line 696, in reraise
File "dropbox\sqlite3_helpers.pyc", line 297, in execute
sqlite3.OperationalError: attempt to write a readonly database
Hi @zzzz3,
You can try delete the folder C:\Users\gonsa\AppData\Local\Dropbox and sign in your application anew. Take in mind that all local preferences will reset and you may set them anew if desirable.
Good luck.
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