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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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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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Jay
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2 months ago

Hi Uriel1, in general, if you have two separate computer profiles, and both Dropbox apps on their profiles are syncing to the same physical Dropbox folder, then this isn't a supported configuration.

Only one Dropbox desktop application can sync to a specific Dropbox folder. If not, you would have some unexpected behavior, like what you've described. 

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