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.
Dropbox stuck on "Starting" after upgrading to Ubuntu 24.10
I have recently upgraded to Ubuntu 24.10 and have noticed that Dropbox never gets past starting. I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling and settingfs.inotify.max_user_watches to 1 million and it still does not work. The reason for settingfs.inotify.max_user_watches to 1 million was because this was the number that stopped this happening in 24.04. Has anyone else come across this issue and has found a resolution?
The Dropbox application does not open on my Windows 10 computer
My Dropbox application does not open. I have uninstalled and installed again, I have restarted the computer but it does not open. I use Windows 10 Pro. I can see all the files when I open my account in the browswer, but the desktop app does not work. I can open it in an android, but not in windows.
"Access is denied" error after transfer of Dropbox from an old computer to a new one
Hi, My laptop screen broke and my software and data was mirrored on to my new laptop. My Dropbox files are on my computer, but the Dropbox App isn't working. For a short while I did not realize this, because I could actually save new files to what appeared to be my Dropbox folder. I suspect I have to re-install Dropbox. My concern is that I added new files to the dropbox folders that I don't want to lose. I haven't found a way to easily identify those files to preserve them by copying them to a different folder. One of the issues is that I get an error message when I try to access a Dropbox folder directly. I am pasting the log entry below. Is there a work around or do I have to accept that I have to loose the new files? bn.BUILD_KEY: Dropbox bn.VERSION: 202.4.5551 bn.constants.WINDOWS_SHELL_EXT_VERSION: 75 bn.is_frozen: True machine_id: 98a1da10-9452-4884-ac20-f29cb73449eb pid: 23900 cwd: 'C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Dropbox\\Client' real_path='C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Dropbox\\Client' mode=0o40777 uid=0 gid=0 parent mode=0o40777 uid=0 gid=0 HOME: None appdata: 'C:\\Users\\rlandgraf_surface\\AppData\\Local\\Dropbox\\instance1' real_path='C:\\Users\\rlandgraf_surface\\AppData\\Local\\Dropbox\\instance1' not found parent not found dropbox_path: None not found parent not found 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\\202.4.5551\\python-packages.zip\\dropbox\\client\\ui\\common\\boot_error.pyc' real_path='C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Dropbox\\Client\\202.4.5551\\python-packages.zip\\dropbox\\client\\ui\\common\\boot_error.pyc' not found parent not found TMP: C:\Users\RLANDG~1\AppData\Local\Temp TEMP: C:\Users\RLANDG~1\AppData\Local\Temp tempdir: 'C:\\Users\\RLANDG~1\\AppData\\Local\\Temp' real_path='C:\\Users\\RLandgraf\\AppData\\Local\\Temp' mode=0o40777 uid=0 gid=0 parent mode=0o40777 uid=0 gid=0 Traceback (most recent call last): File "desktop/dropbox/client/main.py", line 8214, in main_startup File "desktop/dropbox/client/main.py", line 2691, in initialize File "desktop/dropbox/client/main.py", line 1702, in startup_low File "desktop/dropbox/client/main.py", line 1317, in safe_makedirs File "desktop/dropbox/fsutil.py", line 709, in safe_makedirs File "desktop/dropbox/overrides.py", line 241, in makedirs File "desktop/dropbox/overrides.py", line 241, in makedirs File "desktop/dropbox/overrides.py", line 241, in makedirs File "desktop/dropbox/overrides.py", line 254, in makedirs PermissionError: [WinError 5] Access is denied: 'C:\\Users\\rlandgraf_surface\\AppData'
Can the Dropbox desktop app start and sync files without logging in to Windows (Server)?
Good Morning We are trying to use DB to share data between 4 servers. We have a task in those server who write an automatic file everyday at 18:00hrs How can we use DropBox and forçe to upload those files without login windows server ? The files only upload after we login windows. Thanks CFHow to restore deleted files with Dropbox
If you’re anything like me, you’ve probably accidentally deleted files at some point since you opened your Dropbox account (I do this way more than I care to admit). The most notable time was when I accidentally deleted my entire thesis, instead of of some notes I’d taken. Luckily, with Dropbox, you have at least 30 days to restore these files, and it’s really simple. Here’s how to do it. Login to dropbox.com Click on Deleted files from the left-hand side bar Select all of the files you would like to restore Click Restore Files will now be moved back to their previous location That’s it; it really is that simple! But remember, these files won’t stay in the Deleted files section forever, so if you do find yourself needing to Restore files don’t delay! If you're still a little unsure you canmore about Restoring deleted files in Dropbox. Now that you’ve restored your files, what would you like to learn next? Let us know and we’ll see what we can do to help.
