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joschi
Asked: 2012-05-26 07:23:39 +0800 CST

How do I prevent Dropbox from being automatically added to the autostart list after launching it?

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Everytime I start Dropbox (in Precise) it gets added to the autostart list even if I deleted the entry before. I don't want Dropbox to be started when I log in only when I want it to. How to prevent Dropbox to be automatically added to the autostart list?

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4 Answers

  1. Command-line option might also work:

    $ dropbox autostart n

    From:

    $ man dropbox
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  2. Best Answer

    Click on the icon, preferences, then uncheck the box "Start Dropbox on system startup".

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  3. By default, dropbox will start automatically at login. The update-rc.d command is not concerned here. (/etc/rc*.d/directories don't contain dropbox). There is no service "dropbox" (/etc/init.d don't contain dropbox)

    If you have installed dropbox with ".deb" package (sudo dpkg -i dropbox.deb), then you may have the executable /usr/bin/dropbox

    To disable the dropbox auto-start :

    /usr/bin/dropbox autostart n

    To enable the dropbox auto-start :

    /usr/bin/dropbox autostart y
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  4. None of the above worked for me at Lubuntu 18.04, i3wm session. What I have done to fix that was:

    1. Install Dropbox manually from the site www.dropbox.com/install

      32-bit:
      cd ~ && wget -O - "https://www.dropbox.com/download?plat=lnx.x86" | tar xzf -

      64-bit:
      cd ~ && wget -O - "https://www.dropbox.com/download?plat=lnx.x86_64" | tar xzf -

    2. Use the official python scrypt to manage Dropbox.

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