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Sammy G.'s avatar
Sammy G.
New member | Level 1
10 years ago

Can't run Dropbox unless it has administrator rights

Windows 7 64bit For some reason dropbox doesn't start with startup anymore because it needs administrator rights to start. If I try running the app normally without administrator rights, nothing ha...
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Gabriel Z.'s avatar
Gabriel Z.
New member | Level 1
10 years ago

Perhaps at Startup the system does not allow programs to prompt for elevation using UAC and that's why it's not working. But indeed the Task Scheduler could work, I'll try that thanks

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