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Dan C.6's avatar
Dan C.6
New member | Level 1
10 years ago

Can only install with "Run as administrator", possibly causing sync'ing problems

On Windows 7, my account is the administrator account, yet I could only install dropbox by running the install file 'as administrator' (right-click > Run as Administrator). I received a warning when doing this saying that Dropbox may not work properly but I was forced to ignore it because there was no other way for me to install. When I tried installing normally the install process would just disappear instantly with no error message or explanation. Nothing happened!

So now I have it installed and my 'live' folder is not sync'ing to the files on my dropbox account. I suspect this is the problem I was warned about when I had to install 'as Administrator'. Is that likely to be the case? And how in the hell can I install Dropbox normally? I've searched the web and am very surprised not to find a solution to this out there. Surely it can't just be me who's come across this issue.

  • FIXED! Had to set the installer exe to run in compatibility mode.

  • Elgin C.'s avatar
    Elgin C.
    New member | Level 1

    Sean, I have tried all of those solutions, for some reason i receive an error and cannot change when i try that as well, its all very frustrating. thank you thought, because I know all these things are supposed to fix it ... :/

     

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