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Truly stop Dropbox client from starting automatically on Windows 10.
This is happening to me on Windows 10 Pro 64-bit. When I first installed Dropbox 3.14.7 I thought it it was well-behaved, because it offered an option to disabled "Start Dropbox on system startup". B...
To truly prevent Dropbox from changing the autoplay settings (in Windows 10):
- Close Dropbox;
- Open Regedit and go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\AutoplayHandlers;
- Search for EVERY key with written "Dropbox autoplay" and replace this with either "MSOpenFolder" or "MSPromptEachTime" depending on your preferences;
- Restart the PC.
Right now it is working for me, but as always YMMV!
For all the users of the newer Dropbox app having this issue, here is the "normal" way to do it (without editing registry, etc.):
1. Go to Preferences
2. Go to Import tab
3. Under "Camera upload" section click on Change Autoplay Settings
or
4. Go to Control Panel -> AutoPlay
5. Check if any of the autoplay entries uses "Import photos and videos (Dropbox)" and change it.
Chances are some of drives or devices have Dropbox assigned as AutoPlay response, and whenever those drives or devices are mounted, the Dropbox starts.
Hope it helps.
