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Mike G.'s avatar
Mike G.
New member | Level 1
12 years ago

Disable automatic updates

How can I prevent dropbox from automatically updating itself? The new dropbox 3 has a very anti-windows-7 UI that I don't like, so I reinstalled 2.10. How do I stop dropbox from continually install...
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Brock C.'s avatar
Brock C.
New member | Level 2
11 years ago

The hack by Vegan A (copied here) is for Linux.
rm -rf ~/.dropbox-dist
install -dm0 ~/.dropbox-dist
The first command deletes the .dropbox-dist directory located in your home directory.
The second command creates a new empty folder called .dropbox-dist, and it sets the permission of the folder to 0 meaning no one can access it.
I have more information on disabling Dropbox update in Linux in my post here:
https://www.dropboxforum.com/hc/communities/public/questions/201875625-Unnecessary-Syncing-in-Windows-Linux-shared-Dropbox-since-last-update

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