I've installed Dropbox on my Windows 10 PC and some Android devices. It works OK provided Dropbox is running on the PC.
The problem is that it's 50/50 whether Dropbox starts on the PC.
I've looked in Task Manager | Start up and the Dropbox status is Enabled.
I need help to find out why it doesn't always start on the PC, please. (if I double click on the PC Dropbox icon, it starts and runs OK)
Thanks
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Dropbox doesn't always start on Windows 10 PC
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Re: Dropbox doesn't always start on Windows 10 PC
Click the Start button or press the Windows key.
Type startup apps and press Enter.
Is the slider for Dropbox set to On?
Type startup apps and press Enter.
Is the slider for Dropbox set to On?
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Hans
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Re: Dropbox doesn't always start on Windows 10 PC
Yes.
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Re: Dropbox doesn't always start on Windows 10 PC
Do you mean "yes, it was already on" or "yes, it helped"?
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Re: Dropbox doesn't always start on Windows 10 PC
I have Dropbox running on a number of mixed machines (Windows 10 Pro and WS2008R2SP1) and I find that every so often I have to start/restart it using a BATch file on one or other machine. Perhaps one day in 20.
I haven't looked at the code recently, so the comments may not be correct in all details...
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@echo off
:: +----------------+
:: I DropboxRestart I should Dropbox icon show "Connecting..."
:: +----------------+ or if the Dropbox service shows as stopped
:: then terminate Dropbox and restart it
:: note that Dropbox has two images:
:: Dropbox.exe *32 in C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client (64-bit)
:: C:\Program Files\Dropbox\Client (32-bit)
:: DbxSvc.exe in C:\Windows\System32 (the service)
:: Dropbox.exe should be running 'all the time'
:: sc query dbxsvc (usually?) shows that the service is stopped
setlocal
:: check whether Dropbox is actually running, and stop it if it is
set task=Dropbox.exe
tasklist /fi "imagename eq %task%" | find /i "%task%" > nul && (
echo %~n0: %task% is being terminated...
taskkill /im %task% /f /t
) || echo %~n0: %task% not terminated because it wasn't running
:: determine in which Program Files directory Dropbox.exe is located
:: for 32-bit, it will be in Program Files [no suffix]
:: for 64-bit, it will be in Program Files (x86)
set sfx=
if /i "%processor_architecture%"=="AMD64" set "sfx= (x86)"
echo.
echo %~n0: restarting Dropbox...
start "" "%programfiles%%sfx%\Dropbox\Client\%task%"
echo %~n0: errorlevel from start of Dropbox was %errorlevel%
ping -4 -n 5 127.0.0.1 > nul
echo.
echo %~n0: checking that Dropbox started...
tasklist /fi "imagename eq %task%"
ping -4 -n 11 127.0.0.1 > nul
endlocal
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Re: Dropbox doesn't always start on Windows 10 PC
Very sorry. I meant it was already on.HansV wrote:Do you mean "yes, it was already on" or "yes, it helped"?
John G
Dropbox starts OK when I use the icon on the PC. It's just that I have to notice that it isn't running, which is usually just after I've updated a Dropbox file. I'm trying to train myself to check Dropbox before I update.
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Re: Dropbox doesn't always start on Windows 10 PC
Googled for this problem and it appears relatively well known. Followed the 'sure fire' fix of putting a shortcut to Dropbox in
C:\<Username>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup but it's still refusing to start by itself. Manual starting always works.
Will now try uninstalling and reinstalling - another 'fix' which sometimes works.
Silverback
C:\<Username>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup but it's still refusing to start by itself. Manual starting always works.
Will now try uninstalling and reinstalling - another 'fix' which sometimes works.
Silverback
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Re: Dropbox doesn't always start on Windows 10 PC
instead of having DROPBOX start automatically, you could try creating a scheduled task which executes at user login using Batcher's batch run as a model of the task to execute.
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Re: Dropbox doesn't always start on Windows 10 PC
Hans, John G, Joe
I have reinstalled Dropbox and, so far, everything is working OK, with Dropbox starting when I start the PC. I have used belt and braces and put a shortcut in C:\<Username>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup as well, but all seems to be fixed at the moment.
Let's hope I don't regret saying that!
Silverback
I have reinstalled Dropbox and, so far, everything is working OK, with Dropbox starting when I start the PC. I have used belt and braces and put a shortcut in C:\<Username>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup as well, but all seems to be fixed at the moment.
Let's hope I don't regret saying that!
Silverback