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Orange box icon meaning
What does this orange box icon means? I'm on desktop, windows 11.
Hi Walter,
Thank you for that, but unfortunately none of the suggestions have made a difference. It is not a OneDrive icon so am not sure where to go from here π
EDIT: Actually it is a OneDrive icon. See my reply further down.
Nancy
Dropbox Community Moderator
Dropbox Community ModeratorHey DG111, sorry to jump in here.
I did a little bit of research and from what I could find, this icon is related to some file attributes on Windows 11.
Can you please clarify if youβre able to open these files, or if they give any kind of error when trying to do so?
Problem Solved π
Hi Nancy, I finally worked it out. It is definitely a Onedrive icon. Disabling Onedrive was not enough to get rid of the icon on the files. I had to actually uninstall it and do a restart. The icon on my files is now gone.
Just a note to anyone that is doing this to be aware that this will remove your Onedrive files from your computer but it is still available in the cloud. Maybe copy the files first just to be safe.
Thank you for trying to assist me with this π
- Nancy
Iβm really glad to hear you were able to sort this out!
If you need something else, weβre here for you.
Have a great rest of your week!
FYI uninstalling and deleting One Drive completely does not prevent this icon from continuing to show up. It still puts itself on files i've recently accessed, especially image files (jpg, png, etc...). It doesn't affect the file from being opened, but I do have a ton of issues with image thumbnails not showing up, especially in the camera uploads folder.
I'm on Windows 11. It makes me think WIndows 11 still grabs your files somehow, regardless of location and syncs them with one drive, even after One Drive completely deleted. Sketchy stuff.
How do I get rid of this icon. I understand it's a One Drive icon. How do I know what files are in the one drive cloud and which are on my computer? And how do I download them all to my computer before disabling one drive?
Should I disable one drive? Can I run dropbox and one drive on the same computer?
thanks.
- Rich
Super User II
rosempryor wrote:
Can I run dropbox and one drive on the same computer?
Yes, you can run both OneDrive and Dropbox on the same computer. You just can't have them both syncing the same files. Both Dropbox and OneDrive have the ability to sync or backup your key folders such as Desktop, Documents, etc. If you activate that feature in both, you'll likely have issues as the two programs try to sync the same files.
As for your other questions, that's not really anything that we can answer here. You'll be better off asking on Microsoft's support forum.
Hi
How do i delete one drive to test this out? I have not made any changed to my computer that i am aware of, and today i now have all these box symbols on my dropbox files and con not open them.
Thanks
- Walter
Hey Frank m, how are you today?
I just wanted to mention that I found this article which I believe will help with what you had in mind.
Let us know if you have any other questions.
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