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Garret W.'s avatar
Garret W.
Helpful | Level 5
9 years ago

Truly stop Dropbox client from starting automatically on Windows 10.

This is happening to me on Windows 10 Pro 64-bit. When I first installed Dropbox 3.14.7 I thought it it was well-behaved, because it offered an option to disabled "Start Dropbox on system startup". B...
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  • J27H's avatar
    J27H
    8 years ago

    To truly prevent Dropbox from changing the autoplay settings (in Windows 10):

     

    1. Close Dropbox;
    2. Open Regedit and go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\AutoplayHandlers;
    3. Search for EVERY key with written "Dropbox autoplay" and replace this with either "MSOpenFolder" or "MSPromptEachTime" depending on your preferences;
    4. Restart the PC.

     

    Right now it is working for me, but as always YMMV!

     

     

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Zed
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Hey Garret W. 

 

If you go to the Dropbox app preferences by clicking on the :gear: icon and uncheck "Start Dropbox on system startup" that should prevent the Dropbox services loading upon your system boot.

 

jpolich we'd like to help on this, can you share more information with us on what exactly happens? Have you raised a ticket number with our support team? 

 

Thanks!

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proft
New member | Level 2
8 years ago

Yes, tried exactly this, but regretfully, Dropbox still opens on startup.

Extremely frustrated.

 

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