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Uriel1
Helpful | Level 6
2 months ago

Dropbox deleted thousands of files on his own

Hello, I have a desktop PC with 2 users and Dropbox. Dropbox is synced into D drive, and both users are syncing the same folders. 2 days ago, I configured to sync additional folders, into my D Dri...
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Rich
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2 months ago
Uriel1 wrote:

I have a desktop PC with 2 users and Dropbox. Dropbox is synced into D drive, and both users are syncing the same folders.

Just for clarity, do you mean that both users are syncing the SAME Dropbox folder located on your D drive?

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    Uriel1
    Helpful | Level 6
    2 months ago

    That's right.

    I have 2 users, logged in simoultanesy, on the same PC. Both are syncing D drive.

    How to solve this? How to get rid Dropbox deleting files / folders, by it's own?

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      Mark
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      2 months ago
      Uriel1 wrote:

      I have 2 users, logged in simoultanesy, on the same PC. Both are syncing D drive.

      Are they linked to the same Dropbox folder? 

      If so thats your issue, Dropbox cannot work like that. Only 1 account can sync a folder at a time. 

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        Uriel1
        Helpful | Level 6
        2 months ago

        Yes, they linked into the same Dropbox folder...

        So, maybe the solution is not to logged in at the same time?

        Only one user, to be logged in? Not 2 users in parallel?

         

        BTW, where it is written, that this cannot be done? (2 users, to be logged in in the same time, syncing the same Dropbox folders, with the same synced folders)?

         

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