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rduff
Explorer | Level 4
2 years ago
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The sync icons on my Windows computer seem to have changed

Why have the synced icons on my PC changed from a green circle with a tick (Available on this PC) to a solid green circle with a tick (Always available on this PC) when I haven't changed anything? Ne...
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  • Hannah's avatar
    Hannah
    2 years ago

    Thanks for the update, rduff!

     

    These actually don't look like Dropbox sync icons; do you happen to have OneDrive enabled? It looks like it might be interfering with your Dropbox files.

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rduff
Explorer | Level 4
2 years ago

 

See attached. The new files are those with the solid green circle...and that icon is not shown in the Help Centre article!

 

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Hannah
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2 years ago

Thanks for the screenshot, rduff.

 

These are indeed a couple of Dropbox sync icons that already existed; would you mind checking the article I linked in my previous reply for additional info on the sync icons, and let me know if you have any questions?

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    rduff
    Explorer | Level 4
    2 years ago

    Sorry...yes you're right the icons do exist. But why are new documents being synched this way and not existing ones? I haven't changed any settings

    • Hannah's avatar
      Hannah
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      2 years ago

      Hmm, if you go to the "sync" tab in your Dropbox preferences, what's the selected option for syncing new files?

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        rduff
        Explorer | Level 4
        2 years ago

        These are set to available off line...and always have been. Changed the whole Dropbox folder to online only which produced a visible thumbnail and a blue cloud icon but not the grey one shown in the article you referenced, then swapped them back to off line again...and now they all have the solid green circle. What is going on?

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