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benreed
Helpful | Level 5
2 years ago

Taking a long time to open my Dropbox folders in File Explorer, after updating Win11

After  a Win 11 update Dropbox access in File Explorer became very slow. If I click on a subfolder it takes a long time to open subfolder. But, If I click open in new tab or new window, that subfolde...
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repartist's avatar
repartist
Explorer | Level 4
2 years ago

I already contacted them and they were no help at all

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repartist
Explorer | Level 4
2 years ago

Problem solved. I uninstalled iCloud and it fixed the issue.  No idea why it caused a problem. 

  • benreed's avatar
    benreed
    Helpful | Level 5
    2 years ago

    I don;t have iCloud installed...

  • repartist's avatar
    repartist
    Explorer | Level 4
    2 years ago

    Do you have any other cloud storage other than Dropbox? I’ve been dealing with the problem for a,couple weeks and everything worked great as soon as I uninstalled iCloud

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