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foxmanchester
Explorer | Level 3
3 years ago

Indexing stand off with Windows!

My Dropbox seems to be in a fight with Windows Search indexer!  Dropbox indexes... when it finishes, windows will start... then Dropbox indexes again!  And so on and son on... been happening for a co...
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Hannah's avatar
Hannah
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3 years ago

Thanks for checking, foxmanchester.

 

If you simply reinstall the Dropbox app, without uninstalling it first, does it help at all?

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foxmanchester
Explorer | Level 3
3 years ago

Hi Hannah

 

Ive done as you said and left it for 24 hours and it appears to have worked, so far!  Will watch if for another couple of days and then mark this as a solution, if no further issues Thanks !!

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    Hannah
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    3 years ago

    That sounds great, foxmanchester!

     

    If the issue re-appears, please let us know.

     

    Otherwise, have a great weekend!

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      foxmanchester
      Explorer | Level 3
      3 years ago

      Hi Hannah

       

      Sadly it hasn't worked. Back on indexing today 😞

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        Hannah
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        3 years ago

        Sorry to hear that, foxmanchester. 😕

         

        When you check the sync status, does it give you a number of files it's indexing or does it simply say "indexing"?

         

        How long has it been like this? And if there's a number of files indexing, does the number seem to reduce or is it completely stuck?

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