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alan78
New member | Level 2
7 years ago

all 'FILE EXPLORER' FILE icons flashing whenever dropbox is running

As of today drop box is causing the file icons in ANY/ALL open explorer windows to flash constantly between the correct icon image and the default windows 'no icon' icon. if i KILL the dropbox proc...
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gabriel_g
Helpful | Level 5
6 years ago

Finally got time to make a clean re-install (uninstall + ccleaner + removing each dropbox remanent files & folders + removing each reference in the registry + reboot + install latest version):

 

Result: the same old flashing icon crap, that makes the explorer unresponsive.

 

Its a shame that there is still no official response from Dropbox, no workaround, and no admitance of the problem.

I certainly will convince my boss to change to another paid cloud service.

 

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megawhite
Collaborator | Level 9
6 years ago

gabriel_g, thanks for the update and sorry the pain of uninstall-reinstall didn't work!

 

Well the good news is that it doesn't look like it is caused by some peculiar Dropbox state that is hard to re-create, if it still does it even after a full clear out and re-install.

For me the symptoms persist on both a Windows 8.1 and Windows 10 computer with the same Dropbox account.

 

@Dropbox, need some answers please.  I am a software developer myself and willing to assist with demonstration of symptoms and looking into anything you want me to check.

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