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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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Bill_Richards's avatar
Bill_Richards
Explorer | Level 4
2 years ago

dbox_ - Please address this issue!  I'm ready to uninstall Dropbox forever.

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UptownPulp
Explorer | Level 4
2 years ago

Yeah, this is a bit ridiculous. We've pinpointed the issue, yet we can't get an update or fix...? Again, this was not an issue a couple of months ago. Staff member Megan acknowledges that the reason for the start of the behavior is unknown. Well, now we know the likely reason.

 

At the least, could you please stop Dropbox from deleting the placeholder files when quitting Dropbox? With my temp solution, it would hopefully become a permanent solution. If you cannot prevent Dropbox from deleting the placeholder files, why?

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