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Bill_Richards
Explorer | Level 4
2 years ago

Getting notifications about online-only files, with Google Drive/OneDrive active

I have a regular DropBox account that I've been using for many years.  This afternoon, it suddenly started giving my this very same notification every 30 seconds or so.  It doesn't tell me which file...
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Jay
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2 years ago

HI Bill_Richards, if you look in the Dropbox folder in Explorer, do you see any files or folders without the green syncing icon on them?

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Bill_Richards
Explorer | Level 4
2 years ago

No, they all have the green sync icon: 

 

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    Nancy
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    2 years ago

    Hi Bill_Richards! Out of curiosity, are you using any other cloud services/apps on your computer that could be interfering with Dropbox? 

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      Bill_Richards
      Explorer | Level 4
      2 years ago

      I use Google Drive as well, but I've been using that for years.  This problem just started suddenly for no apparent reason yesterday.

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        Bill_Richards
        Explorer | Level 4
        2 years ago

        I did notice somthing that may or may not be related.  If I show hidden files, there are two folder that appear to be syncing endlessly:

         

         

        Withint he cache folder, all the sub-folders are synced except one, with an odd gibberish name:

         

        Within the other folder (.tmp.driveupload), there are 180 tiny files, all given 5-digit names, none of which is synced.

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