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Bring back the green 'synced' checkmark in the system tray.
In my Windows system tray (next to the clock), Dropbox used to show that it was fully synced by showing a green check-mark over the Dropbox icon. This was really helpfull.
If Dropbox was offline, it would show no overlay icon.
Recently (and according to Dropbox itsself) this has changed, the Dropbox icon now shows no overlay if it is fully synced, but to me, i constantly think my Dropbox is offline, instead of 'fully synced'.
So the idea is: please bring back the green 'fully synced' checkmark. Or -at least- make it an option to show it.
Please upvote this idea if you agree 
@CSX321 I did that too, but it didn't work.
I open an old version of dropbox.exe in Resource Hacker
Then, I've extracted the icon from resource 201.
After that, I open the current version of dropbox.exe with Resouce Hacker and replaced the resoucer 201 with the icon preciously exported. And saved it..but it didnt work. can you send me you .exe file via e-mail, pls? or help me get it done?
my e-mail is lpmesquita@gmail.com
Thank you so much.
Yeah, stupid decision on behalf of the Dropbox design team. This checkmark should be an optional thing in the "Preferences".
Just to add my 2 cents worth.
I agree totally with basically all the other complaints about this icon also. Bring back the Green Tick. IMHO it's totally stupid to have removed it.
I know can only tell the difference as to whether offline or what is going on by at least having to move my mouse over the icon.
Absolutely a DUMMASS move. Between this stupidity and the fact you have never fixed the Auto syncing issues on the android phones for around 12- 18 months now, I am seriously considering not renewing my subscription next time and not recommending Dropbox to anyone else anymore. Enough is enough!! PUT SOME BRAIN POWER BEHIND YOUR MOVES!!
What a dumb idea to remove the green check mark on the tray bar icon -- like you don't have anything to fix or improve! A waste of time and resources to "fix" something that was working perfect.
My payment history shows at least 7 years of paid. I think I used dropbox for 2-3 years before that...as I thought I was an early invite ot something like that.
This update to take away the green check box is really annoying...as the system tray icon on Windows looks just like dropbox when you are not connected to the Internet.
I do not know what the other client software icons looked like...but this is really not an intuitive, helpful or friendly change to syncronize with the other clients look and feel...and leave the Windows users not knowing if dropbox is synchronized.
I see I got a message 2 hours ago on my system tray..but I did not know the message was there to tell me the green checkmark is no longer supported until I clicked the icon.
That green check mark meant so much to some many of us to know dropbox is all good at a glance.
Changing something so basic that has been ingrained in your customers like this since day one... all of a sudden is not a good sign of things to come.
I would suspect you have more people saying what they heck and complaining than you do have praising you for this change.
Putting the green check mark is the right thing to do.
Grey and black are too subtle to tell apart for status on an icon so small.
When we first got on dropbox we were trained with these words cached from google:
What does the green check mark mean in Dropbox?Synced. A green circle with a check mark is a wonderful thing and what you'll see most often. When it appears on the Dropbox icon in your system tray or menu bar, it means your Dropbox is fully synced. When it appears on an individual file or folder, it means the file or folder has finished syncing the latest changes.**bleep**. I spent half a day trying to figure out what is wrong with my connection, as I thought the Dropbox didn't sync. Absolutely stupid novelty.
I want my green tick mark back! Bold/faded icon does not work for me!
DropBox did not even notify me before withdrawing this vital feature.
It had let to so much confusion for the last few days. I was even planning to reinstall dropbox!
I am hugely disappointed with the withdrawal; more so with the completely unprofessional manner in which it was done!
Why get rid of the green checkmark when there is no UI specific to "CAN'T SYNC xxxxx, PERMISSION DENIED"?? Should've addressed that first - all I see is the syncing icon and then hover over the icon only to find out the error and it's waiting for my input, or could be fixed by my input/changes, etc.....
OMG I can't believe that has changed! I thought it was a bug of Windows 10 CFU update LOL! At least I know now... That icon showed us at a glance when everything had synced properly or when we were offline!!!
- The reason Dropbox gave is that they wanted it to match the other dropbox clients. But why weren't the other clients changed to embrace the green checkmark instead of changing the PC clients? Who doesn't like a green tick to show all is well? Please bring back the green checkmark in the system tray.
