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bob99
Helpful | Level 5
5 years ago
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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
    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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Jay
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5 years ago
Hi everyone, if you're plugging in an external drive to your computer, if you choose not to back it up to Dropbox, then to prevent the app from prompting about the same drive in the future, the dropbox.device file is created there. This isn't locally stored in the Dropbox desktop application.

If you delete the file, then the app will again prompt if you want to back it up, each time it is deleted. 
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immerge consul jinks tribade
New member | Level 2
2 years ago

Sometimes I need my external drives to stay intact, especially considering files in fs root.

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