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dropbox.device getting installed on my USB
How can I stop dropbox from creating a dropbox.device on USBs when I plug them into my PC? Dropbox is also creating a popup each time to plug in a USB. It didn't do this before, and I hadn't recently...
The dropbox.device file is being used by more features than the Camera Uploads now, so the solution in this (VERY OLD) thread really doesn't apply anymore. The file is used to remember your preferences for drives you insert. You may get a notification to upload photos or backup a drive when you insert a new drive, and there's often an option to remember your choice. If Dropbox didn't place the file on the drive then it wouldn't know that it's the same drive the next time it's plugged in.
There's an option in Preferences to hide all notifications when external drives are plugged in. Try enabling that, along with disabling Camera Uploads, and see if it stops the file from being added to devices.
Rich
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Super User IIThe dropbox.device file is being used by more features than the Camera Uploads now, so the solution in this (VERY OLD) thread really doesn't apply anymore. The file is used to remember your preferences for drives you insert. You may get a notification to upload photos or backup a drive when you insert a new drive, and there's often an option to remember your choice. If Dropbox didn't place the file on the drive then it wouldn't know that it's the same drive the next time it's plugged in.
There's an option in Preferences to hide all notifications when external drives are plugged in. Try enabling that, along with disabling Camera Uploads, and see if it stops the file from being added to devices.
Dropbox now hasn't settings to disable Camera uploads.
For remember drives and preferences devices has VolumeID and not need write any file on his. If all programs will be write own files on devies for remember any options - really it will be good?
Dropbox can use own local database of devices and preferences.
- Rich
Gigabyte wrote:
Dropbox now hasn't settings to disable Camera uploads.
It never has, at least on Windows. You disable it by changing the autoplay settings so Dropbox isn't listed for the device.
Rich : Dropbox say that you have to disable it - but you can't. And no, my autoplay settings are "show in explorer", so Dropbox should not be involved. But they still create that file (of course, Dropbox is running, so they don't need to get involved by autoplay). So official Dropbox help is really bad.
- Rich
tom_stein wrote:
Dropbox say that you have to disable it - but you can't.
Yes, you can. You disable Camera Uploads by changing the autoplay settings so Dropbox doesn't import your photos. If Dropbox isn't listed in your autoplay settings, then Camera Uploads is disabled.
I also stated above that there are more features using/creating this file, so the solution originally posted in this thread in 2016, which was to disable Camera Uploads, no longer applies.
