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bob99
Helpful | Level 5
5 years ago
Solved

Stop creating a file (.dropbox.device) on every device I connect to my pc!

Simple solution had at least an option in the settings to disable this feature.   I red a lot of messages in this community going back over a year now... and I understand why it's being created t...
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  • Walter's avatar
    Walter
    4 years ago

    Hi all - thanks for ongoing patience and feedback on this.

     

    Could you please let us know if you notice this behavior after installing our latest, stable version of the desktop app found on this page?

     

    Thanks so much!

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Scorps
Explorer | Level 4
4 years ago
Megan, could you, please, verify if you are a human or a bot? Totally unrelated replies all the time. Our problem is that THERE IS NO WAY TO DISABLE THIS FEATURE!!!

I suppose we're gonna have to start bombing Dropbox contact emails and hope that there will be a human reading them at some point and possibly forward the idea to the developers after receiving a few hundreds or thousands of emails with the same request. Let's give it a go!
Rich's avatar
Rich
Icon for Super User II rankSuper User II
4 years ago
Scorps wrote:
Megan, could you, please, verify if you are a human or a bot?

There are no bots on the forums. The only bot is the automated chat bot on the Support page.

  • VicVega's avatar
    VicVega
    Helpful | Level 6
    4 years ago
    Rich We’re not so sure anymore.
  • mailmail2's avatar
    mailmail2
    Helpful | Level 6
    4 years ago

    people without understanding or have not tested using windows client and two USB devices  please stop replying in this thread  .. and after removing auto play and what ever these people told and we need a check box to disable creating this file 

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