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StealthSeeker1
Helpful | Level 5
2 years ago
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Dropbox icon pull down button "Launch Dropbox Website" does not function

I have installed Dropbox an Ubuntu 22.04 and for the most part it functions as needed.  However, if I click on the Dropbox icon in the icon bar, Dropbox displays a pull down that included the option ...
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  • StealthSeeker1's avatar
    StealthSeeker1
    2 years ago
    Sounds like a problem for DB developers to be solving.

    Fortunately, file transfers still function.

    Thanks for the info.
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Здравко
Legendary | Level 20
2 years ago

Hi StealthSeeker1,

The issue comes from the fact that Dropbox application is saving information about final destination in a file that appears in temporary folder. That practice, in spite popular in the past, is considered insecure and currently is unsupported by many browsers. That's why you cannot open anything using Dropbox popup menu (either on your icon or in files context menu). You may try some old browser version, supporting temporary folder access, as a workaround and let's hope this deprecated practice will be corrected by Dropbox.

Good luck.

StealthSeeker1's avatar
StealthSeeker1
Helpful | Level 5
2 years ago
Sounds like a problem for DB developers to be solving.

Fortunately, file transfers still function.

Thanks for the info.

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