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dropbox.device getting installed on my USB

dropbox.device getting installed on my USB

epatton
New member | Level 2
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How can I stop dropbox from creating a dropbox.device on USBs when I plug them into my PC? Dropbox is also creating a popup each time to plug in a USB. It didn't do this before, and I hadn't recently installed dropbox. Very annoying. 

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tom_stein
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@Rich : Dropbox say that you have to disable it - but you can't. And no, my autoplay settings are "show in explorer", so Dropbox should not be involved. But they still create that file (of course, Dropbox is running, so they don't need to get involved by autoplay). So official Dropbox help is really bad.

Rich
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@tom_stein wrote:

Dropbox say that you have to disable it - but you can't.


Yes, you can. You disable Camera Uploads by changing the autoplay settings so Dropbox doesn't import your photos. If Dropbox isn't listed in your autoplay settings, then Camera Uploads is disabled.

 

I also stated above that there are more features using/creating this file, so the solution originally posted in this thread in 2016, which was to disable Camera Uploads, no longer applies.

Gigabyte
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@Rich wrote:

There's an option in Preferences to hide all notifications when external drives are plugged in. Try enabling that, along with disabling Camera Uploads, and see if it stops the file from being added to devices.


No it's not help for me. File dropbox.device created again and again 😞

kalapanga
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My guess is that Dropbox remembered something at the time it was selected in the autorun settings. Now the autorun settings are set to "do nothing", but Dropbox continues to use that memorized disc information. Something needs to be cleaned up, but what?

The annoying file keeps popping up.

Rich
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@Rich wrote:

... the solution originally posted in this thread in 2016, which was to disable Camera Uploads, no longer applies.


 

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