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jeffb222
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6 months ago

Updated the Dropbox app, folder hierarchy got ruined and got Selective Sync conflicts

I was prompted to update DropBox, so I did. Now, I have folder and files with Selective Sync Conflict everywhere, and my folder hierarchy is basically gone. The sub-folders with Selective Sync Confli...
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Mark
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6 months ago
jeffb222 wrote:

It looks like all the folders that now contain "Selective Sync Conflict" in their filenames are actually new duplicates of existing folders that are not renamed. It looks like those files are still in their original folders. I'll need to verify this, but I may be able to delete all of those. 

Thats exactly how it works :)

So when Dropbox works out that a file it thinks shouldnt have been on the device yet is (i.e. there is a selective sync conflict) it creates duplicates of the other folders to make sure there is no data loss. Therefore you may find that the files are identical in both. 

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