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Dropbox very slow with Windows explorer
After wasting time, as usual, with Dropbox's assistance, I try to ask here. My problem is relatively simple to explain and consists in the fact that if I use Windows Explorer, navigating in the Dropbox folder is torture since any operation it's very slow (creating a folder, copying a file, etc...) while if I use, for example (but it couldn't be the solution) a file explorer like Explorer++ everything works perfectly. Another thing I verified is that if I navigate to the Dropbox folder from a Windows window that opens for example when I want to open/save a file, everything works without problems. The problem remains confined to windows explorer. Can anybody help me? Thank you7.9KViews11likes12Comments
How can I disable the status column on Windows?
Dear Madam/Sir, I have a paid subscription of Dropbox and as a professional writer I use mainly Explorer and Microsoft Office with hundreds of different files and documents. I am orientated to the name of my files and documents, and therefore I don't want to see any other information, as it is very distracting and useless (for me) as well. Therefore, I choose in Explorer and Office for 'List View'. Since the latest Dropbox-update, however, a "status column" drops up and I cannot get rid of it. Please make it possible to disable this column or tell me where in the registry of Windows 10 I can change this setting permanently. Thank you very much in advance, Alfred van CleefSolved2.5KViews5likes22Comments
Feedback about the file path change
I've read a couple threads on here, and I've seen the response about how "each team member will have a personal folder by default, which contains their own personal files/folders, as well as files that have been shared with them." The next time another idea or suggest comes through that involves changing a folder path - take it back to the drawing board. I could think of at least two other ways that 'personal folders' could have been implemented while maintaining the existing structure - and that was only in the past day since this fiasco started. The change has disrupted business. Let me give you some data points to include for future test cases to use. 1) Quick Access broke. Easy enough fix.. unpin and re-pin after successfully syncing up. 2) Excel links that were direct paths broke - literally have to go through each excel file and update links manually. I have a PowerShell script that does this.. but anyone without that script will have to manually update the links. 3) Out of 25 users, only 2 had a successful transition with the folder rename via their Dropbox Update. About 10 involved shutting down Dropbox because it was either stuck on database upgrade or starting. Had to restart the computer, and then allow Dropbox to run to get it to successfully transition. Also - when this happened, it didn't put it back where the folder was originally but ended up defaulting to the User's folder in Windows. The remaining workstations involved deleting Dropbox altogether and reinstalling manually. Any work that was done during the day was completely wiped. My client is furious and rightly so.Solved2.5KViews4likes4Comments
accessing online-only files from macos terminal
I have a large, shared dropbox folder that is set to "online-only", but I want to make specific files available offline. I know I can do this via right clicks in the Finder window for individual files, but I need to do this for many files. How can I do this via the macOS terminal? I'm using macOS 12.6, and dropbox v166.4.29203.9KViews3likes13Comments
Hundreds of "Selective Sync conflict" folders created in my Dropbox folder
MacBook Pro M1 16" 2021 Dropbox version 230.4.8797 "Everything is up to date" This was most likely triggered by recently using an old computer that hasn’t been used for a while. But regardless of that, I don't understand why Dropbox would create empty copies of online-only folders on my (current) machine. The most obnoxious thing is that they've been created at the top level, so new copies of folders that should be nicely tidied away in multiple sub-folders are suddenly mixed in with actual top level folders (that have content in them). Please tell me I can just delete them since they’re all EMPTY. Obviously, if this will affect the online copies (specifically their actual contents), that’s not acceptable and I need to find another solution. Preferably one that doesn't involve going into each of these folders online. Thanks folks.Solved644Views2likes4Comments
Taking a long time to open my Dropbox folders in File Explorer, after updating Win11
After a Win 11 update Dropbox access in File Explorer became very slow. If I click on a subfolder it takes a long time to open subfolder. But, If I click open in new tab or new window, that subfolder opens quickly. Then, if I click on file, pdf or anything else it takes long time to open. If I open Acrobat or an app and select a file from Dropbox folders, that file opens normally. My Dropbox app does not run any more. I click on it, it seems it will open and then nothing. If I try to reinstall the app nothing happens. I can't uninstall the app using the instructions posted on the web site as I don't have the app on my taskbar. Can I just remove the app using Windows option to remove an app...or that is not recommended... ?4.6KViews2likes37CommentsMoving Dropbox folder from ~/Library/CloudStorage
What is the reason for not allowing me to specify where I want to save my Dropbox files in Ventura? I don't have enough space in my system drive to keep a copy of my Dropbox files. And yes, I need a local copy at all times. I tried replacing the folder with a symlink pointing to an external drive but that does not work. Dropbox just refuses to load and these are the last lines of the log file: Traceback (most recent call last): File "dropbox/client/main.pyc", line 5055, in _setup_root_for_account File "dropbox/sync_root/helpers.pyc", line 164, in create_root_for_account File "dropbox/foundation/futures/basic.pyc", line 853, in result File "dropbox/sync_root/handlers/macos/file_provider.pyc", line 121, in set_result_or_convert_exception dropbox.mac.internal.MacError: [Errno 62] Error Domain=NSPOSIXErrorDomain Code=62 "Too many levels of symbolic links" It looks like 1 level of symbolic links is one level too many. A search for Venture did not yield any results I found relevant. I need to know how to relocate the Dropbox folder. If I cannot relocate the folder, Dropbox loses its utility and that only means I will have to look for alternatives. I really hope I don't need to do that.Solved21KViews2likes26CommentsI'm missing some old folders but cannot see them anywhere to restore them
I am missing some older subfolders from a shared folder. None of us deleted it. I do not see it under activity nor do they pop up when I do a search. I am a basic subscriber; will DropBox help me with this? I am logged in online. My app and online shows the same data so it not a syncing issue. TYIASolved108Views1like6Comments
