the script was trying to copy the shortcuts before they existed, so some further sleep required. I still had issues with the timing which I didn't get round to resolving, e.g. If you are running Windows 8 or Windows 8.1 you will want to ensure that you are. Remove-Item -path "HKCU:\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Dropbox" -ea 0 Now youll need to download the Dropbox application to your computer. d) When you are prompted to restart the computer, click Restart.
#INSTALL DROPBOX FOR WINDOWS 8 HOW TO#
c) On the General tab, click the Normal Startup option, and then click ok. In this video i will show you how to Download and install Dropbox in Windows 8.If this video helps you likes are always appreciated, Thanks.downlaod from: w. b) In the ‘Run’ windows type ’MSCONFIG’ and click ‘Ok’. Install Dropbox on Linux Mint using software manager Install Dropbox on Linux Mint using the command line. To avoid 2 entries for Dropbox appearing in Control Panel\Programs & Features we need: a) Press the ‘Windows + R’ key on the keyboard. Uninstall\Dropbox\Dropbox so the desination needs to end \Uninstall" (so it takes the Dropbox key and places it in Uninstall not in Uninstall\Dropbox). Select the application from the search result, press install and let the. It also Creates the Dropbox key twice i.e. To install Dropbox, open the software application app and search for dropbox. To help others however I identified the following: For the 1st line: $dropboxexe = "Dropbox 2.10.52.exe" I had to add a fully qualified path (e.g c:\temp\Dropbox_3.2.9.exe, but that might be down to the way I invoked it.Ĭopy-item -path "HKCU:\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Dropbox" -destination "HKLM:\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Dropbox" Requires a -Recurse switch to copy all the child items. I spent a little time trying to use this but eventually decided I should repackage as it still wasn't completely silent (the script does attempt to kill Dropbox to prevent it starting, but this wasn't working for me).