Re: all 'FILE EXPLORER' FILE icons flashing whenever dropbox is running

Lusil,

I'm continuing to experiment on this problem as it severely affect my ability to use Dropbox in conjunction with my eBay sales.

Disclaimer:  I am directly comparing OneDrive with Dropbox to be able to gain insight as to what the source of the problem(s) is/are.  I am not endorsing any products at this point.

Ok... so what I am trying is to set up my eBay sales on OneDrive in addition to Dropbox (starting with identical folders/files).  This is a modest portion of my Dropbox folders.

When I view the root eBay/OneDrive folder using the Windows Explorer and select "Details" there is a column labeled "Status" that contains the "cloud status" of the files/folders and the file/folder icons are "plain" (not showing the cloud status).  If I change the view to Large Icons the file/folder icons are again "plain" and the "cloud status" is conveyed at the beginning of the name of the file/folder.  See screen captures 1 & 2.

If I instead look at the Dropbox version of these files (remember these are independent duplicates of the OneDrive files), I see different views for both "Details" and "Large Icons".  In the Dropbox version, there is no "Status" column and the "cloud status" of the files/folders is shown as part of the files/folders.

My question, why is this different and is it possible that Microsoft uses this technique to avoid the "blinking icon" problem we are all experiencing?

An answer from someone who knows "Windows" would be most helpful and enlightening.

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