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PDub81's avatar
PDub81
Helpful | Level 6
3 years ago

Dropbox application suddenly not working with Windows 11

Yesterday, I noticed that Dropbox was no longer connected on my laptop running Windows 11.  There is no system tray icon for Dropbox, and clicking on the start menu app icon does nothing at all; same for "Open Dropbox" on the website.  I've uninstalled, reinstalled, rebooted multiple times, tried different firewall settings, redownloaded the installer, but no luck with anything.  A previous thread discusses a similar problem, but no solution:
https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Apps-and-Installations/Windows-11-Upgrade-and-cannot-get-Dlox-to-work-properly/td-p/566989

  • I found the solution by logging out of my Windows 11 user account and downloading Dropbox while logged in on the Visitor account.  I switched back to my user account and was able to open the Dropbox app and link my account.  Very strange.

  • Hannah's avatar
    Hannah
    Icon for Dropbox Staff rankDropbox Staff

    Hey PDub81, welcome to the Dropbox Community.

     

    Sorry to see you're having trouble with our application.

     

    Have you tried the offline installer for Windows to see if that works?

     

    Let me know how it goes.

    • PDub81's avatar
      PDub81
      Helpful | Level 6

      Thank you, Hannah.  I will try it when I get home tonight and report back ðŸ˜Š

      • Hannah's avatar
        Hannah
        Icon for Dropbox Staff rankDropbox Staff

        Not a problem, sounds good! 

         

        Let us know how it goes!

    • pafnooty's avatar
      pafnooty
      Explorer | Level 3

      Same problem ... offline installer does not work.  It does not automatically run (I think) but when I click on "restart the download" I get the following:

       

      404 Not Found: /bfs/bwi/custom/shared/dbx-releng/dbx-releng/client/Dropbox 43.4.50 Offline Installer.x86.exe
      
      rpc error: code = NotFound source = bfs/ffs/ffs.FFS/Stat desc = file does not exist: /dbx-releng/client/Dropbox 43.4.50 Offline Installer.x86.exe
      ORIGINAL STACK TRACE:
      dropbox/courier/status.newError
      	go/src/dropbox/courier/status/errors.go:75 +0x88ce6f
      dropbox/courier/status.ClientCast
      	go/src/dropbox/courier/status/cast.go:212 +0x88c7ed
      dropbox/courier/client/nodep.(*RpcMetadata).ConvertError
      	go/src/dropbox/courier/client/nodep/metadata.go:76 +0x9ef77e
      dropbox/courier/client/nodep.convertErrorClientUnaryInterceptor
      	go/src/dropbox/courier/client/nodep/client.go:169 +0x9ef711
      google.golang.org/grpc.chainUnaryClientInterceptors.func1
      	external/org_golang_google_grpc/clientconn.go:345 +0x9a1407
      google.golang.org/grpc.(*ClientConn).Invoke
      	external/org_golang_google_grpc/call.go:35 +0x99f162
      dropbox/courier/client/nodep.(*grpcClient).Invoke
      	go/src/dropbox/courier/client/nodep/client.go:479 +0x9f2c0d
      dropbox/proto/ffs/client.(*fFSClient).Stat
      	go/src/dropbox/proto/ffs/client/ffs.dbx_stubs.go:239 +0xd1340b
      dropbox/ffs.(*RemoteFileSystem).Stat
      	go/src/dropbox/ffs/remote_file_system.go:255 +0xd191f2
      dropbox/ffs.(*fileSystem).Stat
      	go/src/dropbox/ffs/file_system.go:182 +0xd1594f
      main.(*requestHandler).serveHTTP
      	go/src/dropbox/ffs/http_proxy/main.go:577 +0x1052e21
      main.(*requestHandler).ServeHTTP
      	go/src/dropbox/ffs/http_proxy/main.go:646 +0x105398b
      dropbox/web/server.(*Handler).ServeHTTP
      	go/src/dropbox/web/server/handler.go:243 +0xe851ae
      dropbox/util/http2.(*executorRequest).Execute
      	go/src/dropbox/util/http2/executor.go:29 +0xd32ee3
      godropbox/executor.(*queuedRequest).execute
      	go/src/godropbox/executor/executor.go:48 +0xd2b108
      godropbox/executor.(*WorkPoolExecutor).ProcessWithWaitGroup go/src/godropbox/executor/executor.go:174 +0xd2b613 godropbox/executor.(*WorkPoolExecutor).Process go/src/godropbox/executor/executor.go:134 +0xd2b3ea dropbox/util/http2.(*queuedHandler).ServeHTTP go/src/dropbox/util/http2/mux.go:213 +0xd33b2a net/http.(*ServeMux).ServeHTTP /usr/local/go/src/net/http/server.go:2462 +0x6a7c08 dropbox/util/http2.(*ProtectedPathsMux).ServeHTTP go/src/dropbox/util/http2/mux.go:166 +0xd3368f dropbox/util/http2.(*MuxImpl).ServeHTTP go/src/dropbox/util/http2/mux.go:271 +0xd34085 net/http.serverHandler.ServeHTTP /usr/local/go/src/net/http/server.go:2916 +0x6a985a net/http.(*conn).serve /usr/local/go/src/net/http/server.go:1966 +0x6a4d16 runtime.goexit /usr/local/go/src/runtime/asm_amd64.s:1571 +0x46aac0
      • pafnooty's avatar
        pafnooty
        Explorer | Level 3

        I should add that I've tried every suggestion that I've seen.  All of a sudden stopped syncing (maybe after a recent Windows update, but not entirely sure). 

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