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Dropbox gets stuck forever syncing one file, on Windows
I tend to spend much of the day editing a very small number of programming language files. Once in a while I will notice that one of these files will stop uploading through Dropbox. There is no error...
Lusil
Dropbox Staff
Dropbox StaffHello David S.178, let's see what we can find on this together.
Have you tried pausing the desktop app when you edit these files, and resume once you save changes and close the third party apps?
Let me know what happens and we'll go from there. Cheers!
Have you tried pausing the desktop app when you edit these files, and resume once you save changes and close the third party apps?
Let me know what happens and we'll go from there. Cheers!
Thanks for your attempt to help. There is no way to "pause" Dropbox. If you mean pausing Dropbox syncing, I covered that already in my question, which you are welcome to re-read.
- LusilDoes this only happen with text files or have you noticed it with other file types as well?
Could you also confirm if you're running the latest stable version of the desktop app?
You can do that by hovering over the Dropbox icon on your system tray.Almost all of the files in my Dropbox folder are text files, and the problem does not happen every day, or on both of the computers I use Dropbox on, so experimenting with actual files in Dropbox, such as using other file types, is difficult. The fact that this problem is rare may be part of the reason it has never been fixed.
If it is relevant, I have Preferences > Bandwidth > LAN sync > Enable LAN sync unchecked. I have found that allowing direct syncing between my two computers sometimes results in out-of-date versions of files.
I don't interfere with Dropbox updating, so my software should always be the latest version. I see version number 114.4.426 this morning. I have no idea if that is the latest stable version, but I would hope so.
