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Michele_B's avatar
Michele_B
Helpful | Level 7
21 hours ago

Should or should I not use a command to update Dropbox on Windows?

Hi guys, I found out something really strange concerning Dropbox builds. First of all, I have been autoupgraded to 212.4.5767 some time ago which I think is the latest standard, yet I don't seem to find out the Forum post on it. Yesterday I launched this command on Windows run box:

winget upgrade --all

It gave me a Dropbox update, but apparently it was a beta build like 213.3.x. I then needed to launch Dropboxinstaller.exe which I had in order to go back to 212.4.5767. What is the situation right now? Should I stop using winget for now or what else?

Bye!

Barbuz

  • Hannah's avatar
    Hannah
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    Hey Michele_B, thanks for reaching out to us again.

    I don't think it's necessary to use the upgrade command for Dropbox.

    The Dropbox installer should update automatically when there's a new stable version out.

    You can see the updates on the builds on this page.

    Let me know if you have more questions!

    • Michele_B's avatar
      Michele_B
      Helpful | Level 7

      Hi Hannah, thanks for your reply. Basically, the command I ran is a standard Windows option which should upgrade any application is installed on my machine.

      Bye!

      Barbuz

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