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wellenreitr
Helpful | Level 5
3 years ago
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Dropbox Folders in Windows Explorer very slow

Hi, my windows 11 system, my dropbox folder became super slow. When I try to open a (sub) folder, it takes around 30 seconds to open it.   I noticed it since a couple of days, I installed Bit...
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  • wellenreitr's avatar
    wellenreitr
    3 years ago

    Final Update / Solution: The culprit was Apple iCloud for Windows. Process Explorer showed me iCloud Photos popping up on each folder action.

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wellenreitr
Helpful | Level 5
3 years ago

Final Update / Solution: The culprit was Apple iCloud for Windows. Process Explorer showed me iCloud Photos popping up on each folder action.

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Waldbaer
Explorer | Level 4
3 years ago

Yeah, I read several threads about that and finally you found it: iCloud seemed to be the problem. I could not identify what exactly was the problem (I don't use photos on iCloud at all and on Windows only use iCloud drive very sparingly), but uninstalling and even reinstalling iCloud for Windows did the job. Thanks a lot!

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