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willy999
New member | Level 2
10 months ago

Dropbox icon constantly reports "Indexing 4 files..."

I deleted all files in my personal Dropbox account, then moved a couple gigs of files into it from my work Dropbox account. It took a little while to move the files but has been completed for a coupl...
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rickvines's avatar
rickvines
Explorer | Level 3
9 months ago

Now all of my local files show an X and are inaccessible

 

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Walter
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9 months ago

Can you send us a screenshot of that rickvines?

Have you tried copying or moving those files out of your Dropbox folder and then back in? 

  • rickvines's avatar
    rickvines
    Explorer | Level 3
    9 months ago

    I just ended up downloading everything again from dropbox.  

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