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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 I reboot my laptop. This is bordering on malware.
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?
- Rich
Super User II
You can't. Dropbox will always add and/or start the update process as it sees fit.
That's pretty ridiculous. No program should do that, no matter how trusted.
I might just try and delete DropboxUpdate.exe and see what that does. If it messes up my Dropbox installation, I can always reïnstall the desktop app.
I think tampering with a private (or company) computer without authorisation is called 'hacking' and I believ it is illegal.
Dropbox should be brough to court for passed hacking activities and forced to stop this practice.
As far as I am concerned I will uninstall dropbox check for cloud without forced update and if I do not find it I'll switch to micro sd cards that are now available in 500 gb and do not force me to struggle for internet connection.
