Dropbox to only support Windows XP through August

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Published onApril 21, 2016

published onApril 21, 2016

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While Microsoft stopped extended support for Windows XP in April 2014, the 15-year-old operating system stillclaimed a 10.9% desktop market shareaccording to NetMarketshare at the beginning of the month. However, more and more major developers are dropping support for the old OS: Google justended Chrome support for Windows XP this month, and we just learned viaWindows Centralthat Dropbox plans to do the same for its Windows desktop app over the summer. The company explained its decision on asupport post:

Microsoft stopped supporting Windows XP in April, 2014. We are ending our support of the Dropbox app for Windows XP to keep our product offerings in-line.

If you’re still on Windows XP, you won’t be able to download the app after June 26, and the service will stop working on all Windows XP machines starting August 29. You will still be able to access your files on the Dropbox website, but you really should upgrade your PC to a newer Windows version anyway.

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Radu Tyrsina has been a Windows fan ever since he got his first PC, a Pentium III (a monster at that time).

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Prior to founding Windows Report, this particular curiosity about digital content enabled him to grow a number of sites that helped hundreds of millions reach faster the answer they’re looking for.

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