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Since the last Dropbox update (223.4.4909), Dropbox is very slow and takes up most of my CPU.
Hi there,
I've seen another post about this which seems to have gone to support directly now, but since this latest big Dropbox update (223.4.4909), my windows explorer (Windows 10) is struggling t...
Hi Nancy,
Thanks for the response.
That's correct yes, the issues only appear within dropbox folders. When I'm outside of them, there's no issue.
I've been through the help centre article and the only stand out thing was the amount of files, I have a lot, I've been a business user for many years now so have many files. I've set a large amount of the files to online only but that's sadly not made an impact.
I'll have to try out the latest stable version as a next step.
The status column is only visible in windows 'details' view where each file is listed without thumbnails and shows the date, size etc in their own columns. In this view the status icon (that usually appears over your thumbnail in other views) appears in its own column called 'status'.
Thanks.
Mike.
Nancy
Dropbox Community Moderator
Dropbox Community ModeratorThanks for checking out the article, Mike! As for the update, you can install it when you get the chance and let me know of the results.
What you can also try in the meantime is to quit the Dropbox app and see if there’s any difference when navigating your Dropbox files in File Explorer.
When it comes to the large number of files that you mention, you can right-click on the local Dropbox folder directly and go to its Properties. Are there more than 300k files currently inside (or even a number close to that)? Even if your files are online-only, their placeholders will still contribute to the total amount of files you have in the Dropbox folder.
As for the "status" column that you mention, this is due to the recent Dropbox for Windows update (you can also read about this here).
