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Palosanto's avatar
Palosanto
Helpful | Level 6
3 years ago

Cannot connect to Dropbox during desktop installation

Hello,
I'm running a PC with windows 8.1.  Dropbox has been running fine for years
Today I had to uninstall dropbox and when I tried to reinstall it, (after cleaning up de leftovers). I got stuck on a pretty blue logo going around after logging in while the greyed-out Dropbox icon in the taskbar reads "waiting to be linked to a dropbox account".
I've been all day uninstalling, reinstalling, doing advanced re-installation as per your instructions, etc. to no aval.
I've gone through every single post in the search results below:

Search - Dropbox Community (dropboxforum.com)

Please, don't give me the same instructions again.  I am really frustrated because I have no way to work with my collaborators.
I hope you can help me.

  • I found the problem ...
    The screen saying "Upgrade to Plus"  that appears after signing in during installation, draws the attention to the offer to upgrade and I didn't realize that above that it was saying that I had reached the number of devices allowed.   I had a couple of old devices, I removed them and I was able to complete the installation.
    Thanks for trying to help but maybe add that situation to your list of things to try 🙂

    Juan

  • Hannah's avatar
    Hannah
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    Hey Palosanto, thanks for bringing this to our attention.

     

    Connection issues usually have to do with some kind of security app you might have, like an antivirus, a firewall, etc.

     

    Do you have any of those apps and does it help when you temporarily disable them?

     

    Keep me posted.