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billieraven
Explorer | Level 4
27 days ago

The Dropbox desktop application doesn't appear in my system tray on Windows

Dropbox does not appear in my system tray I have a dropbox app v210.4.4854 on my desktop but it does not activate dropbox in my system tray I can drag the dropbox shortcut from my desktop to my t...
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Jay
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Hi billieraven, thanks for bringing this to our attention.

 

Could you try reinstalling the Dropbox desktop application, without uninstalling it first, by using this link?

 

What is the exact version of Windows OS that you're running on your machine?

 

Keep me updated with any details!

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billieraven
Explorer | Level 4
27 days ago

plus when I restart my computer I am back where I started with no dropbox icon in system tray, and if I put a file in the dropbox shortcut on my desktop it does not sync with iphone, then if, like before I manually send dropbox to my taskbar, and click on it, then everything syncs. 

I think I have a sick computer ...

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