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GaryH_BAR01's avatar
GaryH_BAR01
Helpful | Level 5
7 months ago

File Deletion via VBA so that I can stop the relevant Dropbox prompt when deleting files.

Trying to program around an annoyance.  I am using VBA (Visual Basic for Applications) with Microsoft Access to work with files, our team will generate reports and then put them in shared folders o...
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GaryH_BAR01's avatar
GaryH_BAR01
Helpful | Level 5
7 months ago

Is there a way to re-enable to prompt once we finish (even if it is a manual re-enable)

 

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radical_exponent
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7 months ago

You can go to Dropbox Tray -> Account menu in the top right -> Preferences, then switch to the Accounts tab, hold Alt or Control (I forget which!), and that should make some buttons visible - one of which is "Reset File System Warning Options". That will reset all these warning dialogs. Unfortunately there's not currently a way to be more targeted about which ones get reset.

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