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gherson
Explorer | Level 4
7 months ago
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Desktop app online-only settings have changed on my Windows machine

How might Dropbox (225.4.4896 on Windows 11) have turned off its automatic system start up and set all its new files to be online-only?  
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  • Jay's avatar
    Jay
    7 months ago

    Hi gherson, thanks for bringing this to our attention.

    In general, it shouldn't be possible for this to happen automatically, unless there was some sort of update which erased the previous settings somehow. 

    Are you experiencing this each time you boot up your machine, or was this a one-time event?

    This will help me to assist further!

Jay's avatar
Jay
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7 months ago

Hi gherson, thanks for bringing this to our attention.

In general, it shouldn't be possible for this to happen automatically, unless there was some sort of update which erased the previous settings somehow. 

Are you experiencing this each time you boot up your machine, or was this a one-time event?

This will help me to assist further!

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