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The Dropbox app is trying to sync folders, and there's no option to stop that.
DB is trying to sync stuff in my Windows folder and I now have 15 sync issues. The "app" is about useless as mammaries on a bull. It lists them, then sends you to the folder if you click "view file...
Do these steps from Microsoft help at all in changing the index location?
My understanding is Windows is now using "AI" to modify people's OS settings. I constantly have to go into my firewall settings and re-click "allow" on one of my PLC/HMI applications. I wonder if "AI" is changing my folder permissions. Though, I never told Dropbox to back up anything Windows, only the "Dropbox" folder on a separate drive. Windows is on a solid state drive on its own little island.
There is no "don't sync this folder" option for Dropbox.
Thanks !!
Steve
Rich
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Super User IIMy understanding is Windows is now using "AI" to modify people's OS settings.
That wouldn't have anything to do with Dropbox or its settings; only your Windows Settings. You can easily disable Copilot (the AI tool that handles this) in your Windows Settings.
I wonder if "AI" is changing my folder permissions.
It's not. AI isn't doing anything that you aren't telling it to do or asking for help with.
I never told Dropbox to back up anything Windows ...
If you mean the Desktop, Documents and Downloads folders, that would be from the Backup feature. Dropbox doesn't (and can't) enable this on its own. It can only be enabled by the user. One of the prompts occurs during installation of the Dropbox app, and if you just clicked through the install quickly you likely went right by the screen to opt out of using Backup.
You can easily manage your backups or disable the Backup feature.
There is no "don't sync this folder" option for Dropbox.
Sync and Backup are two different features so you wouldn't see the option to not sync (i.e. ignore) a folder that was being backed up. That said, the don't sync option on the right-click menu no longer exists. The option to ignore a file or folder so it doesn't sync is controlled through the command line. Note that this has no effect on folders that are being backed up, such as your Documents. It only effects files or folders that are located within your Dropbox folder.
