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Anticia's avatar
Anticia
Explorer | Level 3
1 month ago

I don't see "sync now" or any other similar options (never had).

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Anticia's avatar
Anticia
Explorer | Level 3
1 month ago

I'm sorry but I have no intention of doing such thing.

I had a completely clean install on a wiped SSD 3 days ago.
Old preferences and data could not have possibly carried over on a completely clean OS (neither of these OS reinstalls I mentioned in my OG post were "fix" or "upgrades" - they were all clean state).
So this couldn't be the issue.

And I just finished synchronising my data, no way I want to start over, it's 1.5 TB. :'D

I once foolishly thought having the same dropbox folder intact on a reinstall (on a separate SSD) will just lets dropbox quickly take a stock of it, see that nothing changed (I made sure of that) and be done with it. Instead it treated it like it had to synchrnoise it ALL from scratch.

So eventually I had uninstall Dropbox, delete the Dropbox contents from the SSD (which now had several conflict issues due to assymetrical synchronisation that carried over for the 2 weeks time it failed to synchronise). It was a nightmare.

Now I know the only way to do it quickly is to delete all data and have Dropbox sync in to the drive in small chunks (in about 30-50 gigs at max). It's extremely bothersome to micromanage but it gets the job done in a couple of days (depending how much time I have to keep an eye on it).

I explained all this so you understand why I don't want to do this unless it's absolutely necessary.

Still, no one replied to my question still: is there a way to add (a possibly updated) quick menu to Windows by downloading a registry?

  • Walter's avatar
    Walter
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    1 month ago

    I'm afraid no, it's not possible, or officially supported at least, Anticia. Let us know of any updates when you get the chance!

    • Anticia's avatar
      Anticia
      Explorer | Level 3
      1 month ago

      Ah, I see. Thank you!

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