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Doppler44
Explorer | Level 3
2 months ago

Dropbox keeps resetting with every windows update to "online only" despite my settings for offline

This happens repeatedly. The the "advanced options" approach listed online for preventing the windows update in Dropbox is not available even on reinstallation. Huge issue. Please fix it. Please don'...
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Doppler44's avatar
Doppler44
Explorer | Level 3
2 months ago

Walter - I have a ton of space - that is not the issue - over 500 GB available (my Dropbox is on my Drive D, not my operating system C; and drive D has 2 TB space). It's how I've always set it up for years; this not remembering my preferences is relatively new (past year).
Here is how the preferences are set up. 

On my laptop (same version of Dropbox), where I DO use selective sync, the same problem occurs; nearly everything is removed from my device to the online storage only with windows updates. 

Thanks - JB

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Walter
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2 months ago

Did you try reinstalling the app on any of your computer that exhibits this behavior at all Doppler44? 

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