Windows 8 Dropbox doesn't launch on windows startup

Jimbo22

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• Sep 25, 2014

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Have a look at these.....

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http://forums.opensuse.org/showthre...S-drive-doesn-t-mount-until-password-is-given

http://askubuntu.com/questions/315034/start-dropbox-on-startup

 

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whs

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• Sep 25, 2014

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Put a shortcut into the startup folder. That folder you can access when you type shell:startup into the start/search field. Then hit Enter.

 

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Alaa

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@whs

whs said:

Put a shortcut into the startup folder. That folder you can access when you type shell:startup into the start/search field. Then hit Enter.

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I navigated to shell:startup and found that there's already a Dropbox shortcut there. And its "target" is:

C:\Users\MyUser\AppData\Roaming\Dropbox\bin\Dropbox.exe /systemstartup

 

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Alaa

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Have a look at these.....

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3. http://forums.opensuse.org/showthre...S-drive-doesn-t-mount-until-password-is-given
4. http://askubuntu.com/questions/315034/start-dropbox-on-startup

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3 and 4 are for Ubuntu users, so they're not relevant for me (i'm using Windows 8)
1 - Didn't work (tried both disabling my antivirus (Kaspersky Internet Security) and the suggested cmd commands (the operation completed successfully by it didn't solve the problem)
2 - Here it suggests using Windows Task Scheduler (Control Panel -> Administrative Tools -> Task Scheduler) and creating a task at startup. I created a task (launching Dropbox.exe), checked the "configure for Windows 8" option, and let the "attempts times" be 3, and even this didn't help.

 

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MikeHawthorne

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• Sep 25, 2014

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Hi

Have you tried reinstalling Dropbox?
That may get things back to the default settings.

https://www.dropbox.com/downloading

I'm running Windows 8 and Dropbox starts with no problems.

Mike

 

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Alaa

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MikeHawthorne said:

Hi

Have you tried reinstalling Dropbox?
That may get things back to the default settings.

https://www.dropbox.com/downloading

I'm running Windows 8 and Dropbox starts with no problems.

Mike

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Didn't work...

Note: i reinstalled without uninstalling. I'm trying to avoid uninstall because then it would take time to sync all my files back

 

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isaac lagaris

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• Oct 26, 2017

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For windows 10: in the start/search field enter: shell:
Once you do this a window appears showing apps that can launch at startup.
Select dropbox and choose enable.

It worked for me

 

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isaac lagaris

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An even easier way: Hit alt control delete and choose task manager.
Hit the tab startup and enable dropbox in the window that appears

 

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isaac lagaris said:

An even easier way: Hit alt control delete and choose task manager.
Hit the tab startup and enable dropbox in the window that appears

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It is already enabled in startup but didn't work. Any other solution ?

 

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