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jaymeetee's avatar
jaymeetee
Helpful | Level 6
4 years ago

Dropbox folder in File Explorer in Windows 11 is painfully slow

I recently 'upgraded' to Windows 11 and the new File Explorer is now painfully slow when navigating the Dropbox folder. Simply navigating the hierarchy takes seconds and the Windows busy ring appears...
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liffeyd
Explorer | Level 4
4 years ago

The problems is that when I open the DropBox folder (using File Explorer) and then double click any folder within, it takes approx 25 to 30 seconds to open the selected folder using Windows (11) File Explorer.

 

The settings I am useing are:

 

Sync:

Save hard drive space - OFF

Many selected folders

Folder location: D:\Dropbox

 

Proxies:

I have tried each Auto and No Proxy

Currently set to No Proxy

 

Bandwidth:

Don't Limit for both Up and Down

Enable LAN Sysn checked

 

Backups:

This PC - Not setup

External Drive Backup - unchecked

Devoices (one listed) - Don't Import

Screenshots - unchecked

 

Account:

12.5% of 2.0TB used

 

General:

Start Dropbox on system startup - checked

Microsoft Office add-in - unchecked

Dropbox badge - always show

Language - System Language

 

Dropbox Version - v144.4.4491

 

 

 

 

Dr_Data's avatar
Dr_Data
New member | Level 2
4 years ago

Painfully slow for me just in the dropbox file structure. If I uninstall the dropbox client its snappy as a cobra again (should be since its an ssd). If I then reinstall dropbox client again the problem is back...

Must be something with the dropbox client.

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