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Cendrillon
Explorer | Level 3
5 years ago
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Dropbox Syncing Without My Permission

Hi!  I am running into a potential problem with Dropbox.  When I started up my Windows 10 PC this evening, the Dropbox desktop app on my screen immediately started syncing, even though I had not prom...
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  • Jay's avatar
    Jay
    5 years ago
    The Dropbox desktop application would only sync other computer folders (namely Desktop, Documents and Downloads) if you enabled the computer backup feature.

    If it's disabled, all that would be synced are the files in the Dropbox folder itself. It doesn't sync your entire computer, as this feature isn't available on Dropbox.
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Cendrillon
Explorer | Level 3
5 years ago

Oh, OK.  That makes sense now.  Thank you, Jay!  🙂

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Jay
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5 years ago
Not a problem, Cendrillon, if you need any more details, feel free to message back.

Enjoy your week!

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