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YTLMAX
Explorer | Level 3
4 months ago

Dropbox and VPN connection in China.

I was in China and then my Dropbox suddenly malfunctioned. Basically the Dropbox for Windows 11 app doesn't load. I thought it was just my computer or Dropbox being wonky, so after many tries to rest...
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Mark
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4 months ago

I suspect its due to the fact that the time zones will be out of sync on your device when you use a VPN. That is how Dropbox works out what files are in date etc. 

So by using a VPN to say, America, it would be confused as the time on your machine wouldnt match what it was expecting given the connection it had. 

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