The Windows app also allows you to drag and drop from Dropbox to Windows File Explorer, provides quick search, accepts and shares folders with others, and more.

When you install the Dropbox app in Windows 11, you will be able to take advantage of the convenience of Dropbox with Windows 11 features such as Windows Hello, which adds an extra layer of protection and uses either your face or fingerprint instead of your password to unlock your Dropbox content. Update/Edit - I installed the Chrome extension on the laptop and it seems to be working okay now.This post shows students and new users steps to download, install and configure the Dropbox app on Windows 11 to easily view or edit files anytime, anywhere, and also share and automatically back up files securely to the cloud. I don't know who decided to go down the Chrome extension route but it was a bloody awful decision and I really dislike the way this is (not) working.Īm I missing something here? Have I missed an upgrade/update? If not, can we please get the old app features and functionality restored or I'm probably going to be looking for a solution with another vendor. I have it still installed on the laptop but despite the fact I can see all of the sites information on the laptop based app, when I open Chrome nothing is showing up prepopulated. Besides which, I cannot see a list of my sites that I've registered for. I made the mistake of uninstalling it on my desktop and it would appear that you are now being pushed to use a Chrome based extension which doesn't seem to work. Now it seems this isn't working any more. I could see a full list of all sites that I'd set up for passwords and I lived the way I could just search for the site, click on the 'Open Website' icon and be taken direct to the login screen with all the id and password information populated and ready for me to login.

I have been using Dropbox Passwords for quite a while and up until this morning had it installed on a Windows 10 laptop, a Windows 10 desktop and my android phone.īoth my laptop and desktop used the same type of 'app' that launched on startup, asked me to input a 6 digit PIN and kept active for 12 hours or as long as I used it.

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