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RunBear's avatar
RunBear
Helpful | Level 5
7 years ago

Can't access system tray preferences menu Windows 10

I am running DropBox desktop v 61.4.95 on Windows 10. If I left or right click the system tray Dropbox icon, I don't get any menu pop up. This means I have no way of accessing my preferences, includi...
Desktop
Security
Setting up the apps
  • Rich's avatar
    Rich
    7 years ago

    Try a CTRL-left click to access the legacy menu.

RunBear's avatar
RunBear
Helpful | Level 5

Hi Jane

See screenshot above. Yes, the icon changes depending on what Dropbox is doing. I have rebooted and tried reinstalling.

I notice that, when I click the dropbox icon, an hourglass appears very briefly (0.25 secs) and then disappears, but nothing else happens.

 

Steve

 

 

Rich's avatar
Rich
Icon for Super User II rankSuper User II
7 years ago

Try a CTRL-left click to access the legacy menu.

  • RunBear's avatar
    RunBear
    Helpful | Level 5
    7 years ago

    Thanks. Good workaround!

  • michaelytt's avatar
    michaelytt
    Explorer | Level 3
    6 years ago

    That does nothing.

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