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KarolisPoliksa's avatar
KarolisPoliksa
Helpful | Level 5
3 months ago

There's no distinct sync icon for folders containing both online-only and offline files on Win11.

Device (PC and Laptop) Operating System/Browser (if using the web) (Windows 11) Dropbox App Version 233.4.4938 After icon change I can't find a way to see if folder contains files that are bot...
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jacobtrevorson's avatar
jacobtrevorson
New member | Level 2
2 months ago

Love how Nancy's comment doesn't acknowledge that it wasn't like this until very recently. We used to have a proper icon.

All this new Windows update garbage is terrible and I hope Dropbox finds a way around it soon. It's been a huge burden on my day-to-day work and I'm going to have to start searching out alternatives soon, if Windows didn't ruin them all.

Walter's avatar
Walter
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2 months ago

Hey KarolisPoliksa & jacobtrevorson - thank you both for sharing your thoughts on this with us.

I've logged your feedback in our system and you can let us know if you have anything else to add. 

 

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