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Daniel18
Explorer | Level 4
7 years ago
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Windows User Account Control (UAC) keeps popping up

Do you want to allow this program to make changes to your computer? Dropbox.exe VERY ANNOYING.  Comes up all the time.  Was working fine for at least a year now, and suddenly I keep getting thi...
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  • Jane's avatar
    Jane
    7 years ago
     Hey Daniel18, thanks for sharing your thoughts on this behavior on our Community & welcome aboard, I’d happily check back with you on this inquiry!
     
    You may keep in mind that you’re getting this message, as you’ll need to update the Dropbox desktop application to the latest version (50.4.71), so it’s advisable to ensure that you’re running this one on your affected device(s). Also, it seems that you’ve chosen to install Dropbox on a different user profile (& not the admin one on your pc). 
     
    You should be able to install Dropbox without admin privileges. The key is to say "No" when Windows prompts you for the admin's password. 
     
    That said, we recommend installing Dropbox with admin privileges as some features, like overlay icons, rely on it.
     
    Hopefully this info addresses your inquiry, though please do let me know here if I’ve misunderstood your request or you have any additional questions. Thanks again for posting us & happy Monday! 
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Jane
Icon for Dropbox Staff rankDropbox Staff
6 years ago
Pleased to hear that the Offline installer did the trick for you this time matt25 & thanks a lot for looping back to me to let me know of the progress. 
 
I’ll make sure to pass your feedback up the ladder for future iterations, however you can also consider this discussion a direct point of contact with me should you have further inquiries or thoughts in the future. Happy Dropboxing in the meantime Matt! 
Cvbeth's avatar
Cvbeth
New member | Level 2
6 years ago
I just started having this a few days ago. Dropbox has been working well on my PC for years (Windows 10 Home). Dropbox says it's up to date.
  • Jane's avatar
    Jane
    Icon for Dropbox Staff rankDropbox Staff
    6 years ago
    Hey Cvbeth, please accept my apologies for the tardy reply. 
     
    Kindly note that this is a slightly outdated discussion, however I’m wondering whether you’ve had the time to check the troubleshooting steps in my previous post above. If so, then it would be best if you re-installed once again following the relevant link on the Community--> (Stable Build 83.4.152), as there has been a new version since then. 
     
    You should be able to get it through the Download link I had included on step #3 above, I’m merely specifying here for clarity. 
     
    Keep me posted on the results when you have a minute!
    • Luke9423's avatar
      Luke9423
      New member | Level 2
      6 years ago

      Hey Jane,

      I'm having same issue.  tried installer.  runtime error x80004002

      • Daphne's avatar
        Daphne
        Icon for Dropbox Staff rankDropbox Staff
        6 years ago

        Hey Luke9423, apologies for the tardy reply here!

        Would you mind sending along a screenshot of the error that you're getting?

        Let me know - thanks!

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