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As per the title; the latest dropbox is now generating desktop.ini files pretty much as soon as they're deleted (they were recreated only on dropbox starts earlier, so a delete upon startup was all I needed). This is detrimental for me; how can I disable this behaviour?
They are pretty meaningless files, too, this is all in it:
■[ . S h e l l C l a s s I n f o ]
I c o n R e s o u r c e = C : \ P r o g r a m F i l e s ( x 8 6 ) \ D r o p b o x \ C l i e n t \ D r o p b o x . e x e , - 2 3 0 1
Edit:
-for anyone stumbling onto this one-
There is no solution, dropbox support is unable to reproduce the issue (using windows built-in file manager does not show the file!).
There's also no promise of any solution, ever. This is what you get you bloody miserable user for paying for this product.
Best Option: use another product.
Yes, of course, thanks @Walter
Thanks @ysu; I just did!
Whenever you get the chance, please take a look at your inbox and we'll take it from there.
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Walter
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Hi,
Was there a resolution to this please?
I have the same issue. I don't use totalcommander. I use Windows 10. Destop.ini files appear in all shared folders.
When you open the file, it contains this:
"[.ShellClassInfo]
IconResource=C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\Dropbox.exe,-3301"
I would appreciate your assistance.
Regards,
Michael
Thank you for the reply, Ysu. Very disappointing. Best, M
I just had this issue crop up for the first time. Got a new Windows 10 laptop and that is where it is occuring. It reappears as soon as I delete it. Frustrating!
Hi @Incytatus; welcome to the Community and thanks for joining our discussion here.
Can you please let me know the version of our desktop app you're using and if you happen to be utilizing an alternative file explorer as well?
Thanks!
Walter
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In case it helps, I still have the issue, my version is V103.4.383, and I do not use any alternate file explorer. Regards, Michael
Hey @michaeljm, thanks for nudging us back on this thread.
Just to make sure that we cover as much initial troubleshooting as possible, have you by any chance tried reinstalling the desktop app?
Keep us posted!
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Hi, @Lusil, I hadn't but I did and no change. Thanks, M
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