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Dropbox keeps asking me to install Word even though it’s already installed.
All of a sudden Dropbox tells me to install Word when I try to open my Word document in Dropbox for iPad. I already have Word installed! The only options I have are to tap “Install” (which takes me t...
Hi all, I just wanted to mention that we heard back from the team and this should be resolved now.
Let us know if anyone is still having issues with this!
Megan
Dropbox Staff
Dropbox StaffHi ben_galaxy, welcome to our Community!
As a first thing, in order for us to further troubleshoot the behavior that you mentioned between the Dropbox app and Word: have you tried rebooting your device?
If I were you, I'd definitely access my Dropbox settings in the app itself, and clear the cache from there. An uninstall and re-install would also be ideal, if you could.
Keep me posted, and we'll take it from there!
I am having the same issue. I uninstalled dropbox then updated dropbox, word and my ipad and still having the same trouble. Very frustarating as it's hindering staff production.
