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scotthatton
New member | Level 2
1 year ago

Online-only files are being redownloaded again

Let's presume I wish to save space on my PC by making a file online only. I I'll show the steps.   1 - I create a brand new video file. This isn't a small file - 3Gb or so 2 - I move it into ...
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scotthatton's avatar
scotthatton
New member | Level 2
1 year ago

I have turned Bitdefender off for an hour and the problem remains. BTW I also updated the Dropbox software for Windows

 

It seems to be the act of going into a directory with many online files. Once I access the directory, a set of random files download themselves

 

 

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Megan
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1 year ago

Does that happens on a specific set of folders, or all of them scotthatton!

 

Did you notice when this first started happening? 

 

Feel free to share a few screenshots with us, if you have any. It'd help us get the visual too. 

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