Stop creating a file (.dropbox.device) on every device I connect to my pc!

[bob99]

Simple solution had at least an option in the settings to disable this feature.

I red a lot of messages in this community going back over a year now... and I understand why it's being created to help your software with notification... but I am sure their is a better way of doing this without writing an unwanted file on every external device.

[Gigabyte]

Oh yeah!!! It's done!

I'm checked - the file is really not created on removable devices.

Thank you for listening us and fix the incorrect behavior of the program.

[MrTom]

@Walter  Yes, it is finally fixed. Updated from v145.4.4921 to v146.4.4836 and no more automatic file writes.

Thank you.

[drumuser]

It doesn't happen to me anymore. As far as I briefly seen, on version 146.4.4836 this issue seems fixed. I shall need more time to see how this behaves but I shall also thank you in advance for tending to this issue ❤️ If our voice from here really reached the developers, I also congratulate you and the moderator team. @Megan @Walter 

[Mark]

Its just been announced (yay!) that this is now resolved on this build (146.4.4836). 

See @clientreleases change logs do help 😉 

[r_dc]

I have yet to download/install that version, but, based on the responses above, it looks like Dropbox listened to and provided a fix. Thanks Dropbox devs 🙂 and thanks to all the users who take the time to list issues with the Dropbox product here👍

[Walter]

Thank you all for your updates - we're glad to hear it's working properly now. 

Cheers!

[immerge consul jinks tribade]

I've just had to reinstall the Dropbox and got the popups again, and then when I declined, the files on devices got updated.
The only related option I see is off

[immerge consul jinks tribade]

Sometimes I need my external drives to stay intact, especially considering files in fs root.

[Megan]

Hey @immerge consul jinks tribade, thanks for posting here!

In regards to your external drive, would you be able to elaborate a bit more, as to what you're experiencing please? 

Do you wish to be able to plug-in your external drive, without them being affected, or shown in Dropbox? 

Let me know more, and we'll take it from there!

[immerge consul jinks tribade]

Could we please use separate threads for two disconnected problems?

I definitely created a new thread twice, and seen my message from the other thread appear in this one for some reason. I guess, mindless moderation?