Dropbox indicates 'downloading xx files' _forever_

Thanks for joining the discussion here sehamel!

As a first step, would you mind trying the following to see if this does the trick:

1. Click the Dropbox icon in your system tray.
2. Click the profile pic/initials icon in the top right of the window.
3. Choose "Preferences..."
4. Go to the "Account" tab.
5. While holding the Space bar key, click "Fix Hardlinks".

If this doesn't resolve the issue, please follow the steps again and instead click "Fix permissions". The app might need to sync for a while after doing this, so please just keep an eye out for any progress.

Let me know how it goes - thanks!

Thanks for the response,

Unfortunately I got annoyed at this before your fix and I reinstalled and re-linked my account to the desktop app.  It took all night for the computer to rebuild the database and sync, but it fixed the problems.  It did create a handful of "sync error" duplicate files because I had worked on them on another computer, but not too big a deal.  

If there is a next time, I'll try your suggestion first.  Thanks.

Thanks for getting back to me here sehamel!

That's a shame, but I'm glad to hear that everything is sorted now. :grin:

If there's anything else that I can help with, don't hesitate to give me a nudge here. I'd be more than happy to help.

I hope you had a great weekend!