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bwhight
Helpful | Level 5
9 years ago
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Smart Sync - Windows Explorer Search Not Working

I am testing Smart Sync for our team.  All fine but when files are 'Online Only', Windows Explorer search can't fined them.  I have tried a few PCs in our team and all have the same problem, so I don...
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  • Lucio's avatar
    Lucio
    8 years ago

    The Windows search functionality, that allows finding files set to online-only through the Smart Sync feature, is now available on computers with versions of Windows 8 and above, starting with the beta version 60.3 of the Dropbox desktop application that you can find here.

    When this is available in the stable version 60.4 next week, your computer should automatically update and receive the fix.

    Thanks to all that reported this and we appreciate your patience on this matter.

    Happy syncing!

Frank G.13's avatar
Frank G.13
New member | Level 2
8 years ago

Long time user of Dropbox;

Here's the solution;

*Onedrive*

Ross_S's avatar
Ross_S
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8 years ago

Hi folks,

 

I wanted to jump in again as my other posts are getting lost in the thread.

 

This is something we are aware of, it's also something we are working very hard on internally to resolve. Navigating this particular OS behavior is not a simple, quick fix. We've been working on it for some time due to the complexities and dependencies. We also have to put any fix through rigorous internal testing before we release it into the beta, then stable.


At present we are still testing internally and I hope to be able to update in the near future and give you all an idea of when this will land first in the beta.

 

Many thanks!

 

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    brianchris
    Helpful | Level 6
    8 years ago

    Still no update...nothing to report on this fix, correct?

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