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Alain Church
8 months agoCollaborator | Level 8
Multiple notifications on desktop app asking me if I want to delete files
Last week my main PC W10, named "Qanto", went crazy making it impossible to use.
I was building a new PC. Again W10.
In an urgent move, I started to configure it as the New Main PC. Name "T...
- 8 months ago
Hey Alain Church, thanks so much for the screenshots!
So, just to sum it up here: in the first couple of screenshots it seems you're deleting the folder "Screen Clip" and then when you reboot, you get the second screen with the delete message. Are those files related to the "Screen Clip" folder by any chance?
Do you reboot the device, or the app? If so, how do you reboot it?
Also can you try uninstalling the app, and then reinstalling it to see if the behavior remains the same after that?
Hannah
Dropbox Community Moderator
8 months agoThanks for bringing this to our attention, Alain Church.
Can you let us know which version of the Dropbox app you're using?
You can see that, along with the sync status of the app, by hovering over the Dropbox icon in your system tray.
Also, are the file names in the notifications you're getting actual file names from within your Dropbox folder?
If you quit and then restart the app, does the issue persist?
Keep me posted.
- Alain Church8 months agoCollaborator | Level 8
Hello Hannah.
Thanks for answering me.
I'm not at home and answering on cellphone [that has also Dropbox installed and in sync]
A) As the Dropbox was downloaded and installed Saturday, I suppose this is the last version.
B) All the files are in Dropbox "space". That means that all the Pcs have the same Dropbox folder in one of their disk... and it's fully sync. Nothing Hidden. All of them are completely managed by Dropbox. I intend them as twins images of a copy of the Cloud's Dropbox Space for this account.
C) All Files and Folders that have been notified on T24... have been managed by the same Pc "T24" !!! 🫣
'Note > at the moment only the W11 Laptop can access the Dropbox repository and was reinstalled around FOUR weeks ago, it was missing suns {no reason given} and restarted sync perfectly only after a reboot. Reinstalling it after an Uninstall solved that issue.
Note 2 > that Laptop has only ONE specific use: as a Dropbox hub to manage my connecting Nikon cameras and look for new shots to uploads in Dropbox repository.
C) That happens when the W10 start after a reboot. TELL ME how may I ... Stop, Pause... Or do anything as suggested in other threads?
C2) Do I intend to manage, [pausing, stopping or whatever] an App that is still working as intended on other devices?
THE ANSWER IS NO !
- Megan8 months ago
Dropbox Community Moderator
Hey Alain Church, let me jump in here too!
I definitely see where you're coming from, and it is far from ideal, but I'd like for us to see what we can do about that.
I'd love to have a visual of what you see on your end.
Once you're back home, and have access to your laptop, could you attach some screenshots of the behavior, please?
- Alain Church8 months agoCollaborator | Level 8
Screenshots)
That's the most difficult part to do.
Explaining: I need to make some change into the repository. Then I need to reboot, and hope the notifications will appear when W10 has completed its boot job.
Let see what I can do this evening !
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