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Unable to stop autostart on Ubuntu
I run Dropbox (v43.4.50) on Ubuntu (16.04.3). I have unticked the "Start Dropbox on system startup" option in Dropbox Preferences but dropbox still autostarts on boot. Even if I manually untick o...
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3 years ago Place Apps and Installations
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Re: Unable to stop autostart on Ubuntu
JC from Dropbox Support provided instructions to resolve this issue by doing a full reinstall and re-sync and it worked for me. The Start Dropbox on system startup option now works as expected and I...
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Re: Unable to stop autostart on Ubuntu
I think this is just the community forum, not the the support site. Try filing ticket with https://dropbox.zendesk.com. I filed a ticket and have been corresponding with one of their support people b...
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Re: Unable to stop autostart on Ubuntu
That's workaround would work, but I preferred not to do that because it may have unintended side-effects for Ubuntu as well as when Dropbox eventually fixes this bug. While annoying, it seems safer t...
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Re: Unable to stop autostart on Ubuntu
Ross_S wrote: I suspect we need to investigate this on a 1:1 basis with you, but I'm checking now. This issue seems to affect multiple users - see Kalico's reponse above. This issue wa...
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Re: Unable to stop autostart on Ubuntu
The problem persists for me, so I hope someone's working on it!
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Re: Unable to stop autostart on Ubuntu
Ross S. Great to hear. Just to clarify, the "Start Dropbox on system startup" option is still there and it's possible to tick/untick it. The issue is that unticking it does not deactive ...
8 years ago Place Apps and Installations
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Re: Unable to stop autostart on Ubuntu
Hi @Karina That command removed dropbox autostart (ie removed from Startup Applications) temporarily. But if I run Dropbox again, it automatically added itself back on to autostart. This mea...
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Re: Unable to stop autostart on Ubuntu
Hi @FrankLinux, I strongly prefer to use the GUI. This is likely to be a new bug so hopefully it will be fixed before too long. Before using the headless version, I'd probably first t...
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