Running Dropbox as a windows service automatically as soon as windows starts

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Actually, I want to run Dropbox as a windows service. Following this article, http://thedigitalhippies.com/forums/topic/4-running-dropbox-as-a-service-windows-server-2008-x64/ it works perfectly as i wish to.

Now, I want to start/run the dropbox service automatically as soon as the windows starts.

Does anyone have any idea? Thanks in advance.

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:23

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You can do it using the Windows Task Scheduler.

You just create a new task running Dropbox triggered when the computer starts:

Create a task when computer starts : run the instance of dropbox with trigger "when computer starts"
Kill a task using taskkill command. You can either trigger it from the task scheduler or you can add it to the shutdown policy in gpedit.msc

edited May 23 '17 at 12:23

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answered Jan 13 '16 at 07:45

mabe02

Thank you but still not working as i wish. In my case, when i stop the dropbox service and turn off the computer and when i turn on computer, the dropbox service should start automatically. Is it possible? – Suniel Jan 13 '16 at 08:59

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 13 '16 at 15:05

You shouldn't need to use Task Scheduler if Dropbox has already been setup as a windows service. Just:

run the services control panel application ("services.msc")
find the service you created to run Dropbox
Ensure that the service is set to start "Automatic" -- or "Automatic (Delayed Start)"

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