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I am testing Smart Sync for our team. All fine but when files are 'Online Only', Windows Explorer search can't fined them. I have tried a few PCs in our team and all have the same problem, so I dont think it is an individual PC issue. We are all running Windows 10. Any ideas?
Following in the hope of getting an answer
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Hi folks,
I wanted to jump in again as my other posts are getting lost in the thread.
This is something we are aware of, it's also something we are working very hard on internally to resolve. Navigating this particular OS behavior is not a simple, quick fix. We've been working on it for some time due to the complexities and dependencies. We also have to put any fix through rigorous internal testing before we release it into the beta, then stable.
At present we are still testing internally and I hope to be able to update in the near future and give you all an idea of when this will land first in the beta.
Many thanks!
Still no update...nothing to report on this fix, correct?
Hi there,
I am a Dropbox Business admin using Windows 10 with Dropbox desktop app installed. For online-only files, can they be indexed and searched through file explorer rather than dropbox.com? I initially thought that this is not possible but someone I know who is also a business user said that he is able to search his online-only files on file explorer.
Jay
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Hi @Jay Thanks for the quick response! As I was digging more into this after I posted the query, I another forum thread that talked about this https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Installation-and-desktop-app/Smart-Sync-Windows-Explorer-Search-Not-...
Now I am a bit confused because on that thread it seems that searching for online-only files should be possible and Dropbox is currently looking into this issue?
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I am having the problem with Windows 7 as well as Windows 10. Still no fix?
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