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yesthatsandra
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1 year ago
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Why are Dropbox files regularly copying to my desktop?

Why are Dropbox files regularly copying to my desktop? Even files I delete.
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  • Mark's avatar
    Mark
    1 year ago

    Dropbox wont work if you are also syncing it to OneDrive (as the path shows). You need to stop using it with 2 cloud services. 

     

    Also, its no longer possible to sync the Desktop now with Dropbox. It was a feature of the backup system, but, removed when it launched out of beta. 

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Megan
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1 year ago

Hey yesthatsandra, your content shouldn't be deleted, no.

 

Want to give it a go, and let me know the behavior of the app after that? 

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yesthatsandra
Explorer | Level 3
1 year ago

Hello. Me again. So about a week ago I deleted the backup but the files copied to my desktop just now. Under 'manage backup' is says: PC, last backup 7/30/2024. (And blue button to Enable backup.) So if appears it is no longer enabled. But it just copied 60 or 70 files to my desktop. These are files and folders from my Dropbox that I have deleted. ?

  • Walter's avatar
    Walter
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    1 year ago

    Hey yesthatsandra - may I ask how are those actions logged in your events page?

     

    Also, is the desktop app 'up to date' or still syncing? 

    • yesthatsandra's avatar
      yesthatsandra
      Explorer | Level 3
      1 year ago

      All I see on the events page are actions I performed using Dropbox--opening files, moving files to Dropbox etc. So today there are only 4 events on that page--files I was working with. No sign of the ++++ files copied to desktop.

      The desktop app is 'up to date.'

      Thanks for your (ongoing) help! S

      • Nancy's avatar
        Nancy
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        1 year ago

        Hi again, yesthatsandra! Can you go once again here and send me a screenshot of what you see on your Backups page now? We’ll go from there.

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