Windows 10: Dropbox app for Windows 10 is here

Source: Dropbox for Windows 10 is here | Windows Experience Blog

 

Hi. I've been using Dropbox (3.12.5) on Windows 10 for ages without any issues. Is this new Windows Store App any different or better? If it is, should I uninstall the existing desktop client and install from fresh from the Windows Store?

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Switching to another cloud storage provider

there is an official dropbox app in the windows 10 store. It's available for desktop and mobile.

find it here

Gr,

S.

 

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Hi Harriet,

If you do have a problem with the reinstall for Dropbox on 10 (not knowing where you downloaded from). I included in one of my posts on here that if you go to the microsoft app store they have a download for dropbox. That is where I installed from after
finding that it was the issue and got my Windows 10 working again.

If installing it doesn't work...you can still store things in Dropbox, just not run the app. Just go to the site on your computer/laptop.

Good Luck

 

My advice would be to continue using the desktop client. The new UWP app does not do automatic syncing. The desktop client will sync all my Dropbox files locally and automatically. My hard disk contains a full replica of my Dropbox files and any changes I make to that replica are automatically and transparently pushed to the cloud.

 

Well, I like the app. It goes perfectly well and I don't have to worry about de-activate the default sync. I dont depend on a browser. Perfect.

 

I'll just carry on with the Dropbox I've been using on 10 for ages, I love the ability to take photos on my phone which go to Dropbox so I can post them on forums when needed.

 

Same here. I have no need for a Windows Store app.

Tried the Windows Store version of VLC, gave up on it, and went scurrying back to the regular Windows version.

 

Sorry, ignorant question here: what would DropBox give me that OneDrive does not?

Both are cloud storage solutions *Confused

 

In my case, having Dropbox means I can view/access content that other family members have put in the Cloud from any phone or tablet they use (non-Microsoft perhaps). If they use Dropbox, it becomes useful to me as well.

 

I would have thought that Apple's iCloud users have public folders for sharing files with Windows and other computer users, just like OneDrive users have public folders for sharing files with the rest of the world.

Perhaps some Linux users don't have a native cloud storage solution and would use DropBox or similar services.

But if the OS has a native cloud storage solution, why use a third party service? Run out of space? Some special features? Just curious...

 

I have a computer with a Linux OS. Dropbox is installed on it, so handy for that ...but I don't think there has to be a reason for using Dropbox does there? It's just an option. We could have perhaps used something else but didn't.