You might see that the Dropbox Community team have been busy working on some major updates to the Community itself! So, here is some info on what’s changed, what’s staying the same and what you can expect from the Dropbox Community overall.
Forum Discussion
How to disable DropBox Update?
How do I prevent DropBox Update from booting on Windows (10 Pro) startup?
I've tried everything (see screenshots below spoilertag), but it will still boot, and I have to kill it manually every time...
schroumpf wrote:
I think tampering with a private (or company) computer without authorisation is called 'hacking' and I believ it is illegal.
When it's unauthorized, that's correct, but Dropbox updating itself is completely authorized. It's stated in the terms that it may update itself periodically. These are the terms that you agree to by using the software and service so, effectively, you authorized Dropbox to update itself as needed.
Dropbox should be brough to court for passed hacking activities and forced to stop this practice.
Dropbox hasn't "hacked" anything. A program self updating, even without user control/intervention, is not hacking. If you're a Windows 10 user then you experience the same thing with the forced Windows Updates. Is Microsoft hacking your computer as well?
I took their advice. Dropbox client uninstalled.
Someone let me know if they change their policy.
On Windows, you can disable automatic updates by doing the following:
- Kill the DropboxUpdate.exe task.
- Rename both DropboxUpdate.exe to DropboxUpdate2.exe. They are on the on the C:\Program Files\Dropbox\Update and C:\Program Files\Dropbox\Update\1.3.189.1 folders.
When Dropbox warns you your version is too old, you can manually download the offline installer and install it. Then just rename the DropboxUpdate.exe again.
