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Forum Discussion
Start Dropbox on system startup
Does Dropbox have to be open in order to sync files when they're updated?? I don't have the option on my home PC to start Dropbox upon startup, so now I'm trying to find files I worked on at home here at work, and they're outdated. It doesn't make sense to me, if that is the case, especially considering these files are saved in the same Dropbox folders. Thanks for any input/insight.
Hi all, just checking in to see if there are any updates. :upside_down:
A reinstall, sometimes even a reboot, can help resolve these types of issues.
Once you've carried this out, you can go ahead and ensure / re-apply the setting to have Dropbox launch automatically upon system startup.
denisefbatalha Let us know if this has worked for you and eliminated the issue you were experiencing with this matter. Thanks!
If you have saved the updated files inside the dropbox folder it will be automatically updated.
If you have saved it in a standard windows folder not.
Once you click on the desktop Dropbox folder the app also launches.
That is irrespective of whether you have set it up to start along the windows login process.
Regards
- Rich
Super User II
Anastasios wrote:
Once you click on the desktop Dropbox folder the app also launches.
That is irrespective of whether you have set it up to start along the windows login process.
Just to be clear, this is only true if you're using the original icon that Dropbox created during installation (it points to an executable, and not the Dropbox folder directly). If you created your own icon that points directly to the folder, then clicking that icon will only open the folder.
denisefbatalha wrote:
Does Dropbox have to be open in order to sync files when they're updated??
Yes. If Dropbox isn't running, it can't sync your files.
I don't have the option on my home PC to start Dropbox upon startup
Why not? When you say you don't have the option, is it phyically missing in Dropbox's Preferences, or do you mean you're unable to run it at start up for other reasons?
- Jay
Dropbox Staff
Keep us posted with any info, denisefbatalha !
Yes, It works
- Karina
Hi all, just checking in to see if there are any updates. :upside_down:
A reinstall, sometimes even a reboot, can help resolve these types of issues.
Once you've carried this out, you can go ahead and ensure / re-apply the setting to have Dropbox launch automatically upon system startup.
denisefbatalha Let us know if this has worked for you and eliminated the issue you were experiencing with this matter. Thanks!
