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Dropbox folder displayed twice in Windows File Explorer. How to remove 1 of them?
Application Affected Dropbox for Windows Device Microsoft Surface Pro9 Operating System/Browser (if using the web) Windows 11 Dropbox App Version (if using the app) 238.4.6075 Question or Issue The Dropbox folder is presented twice in File Explorer in Windows. Both instances are directly under Desktop in the folder tree. Both instances represent the same folder, i.e. D:\Dropbox\. Both show the same synced content when I click them. So they are really just two copies of the same, expected, Dropbox folder. Is there a way to get rid of one of them?Solved125Views0likes8Comments
Navigating within the Dropbox folder in File Explorer in Windows 11 is very slow
I'm having an issue when navigating through the folders in the Dropbox directory on Windows 11. It is taking approximately 30 seconds to open any folders within the Dropbox folder. I timed one just now with a stopwatch, it took 32 seconds to open a folder. Other drives on this PC load up quickly, but also other directories in the same SSD are working fine and open instantly, so it's not a faulty drive. I have restarted my PC several times, tried restarting Windows Explorer via task manager, doing any updates, and making sure there aren't any Sync Issues within Dropbox. I have also completely removed any files larger than 4GB from Dropbox via 'Manage Hard Drive space', in case it's a large file issue. It wasn't happening a couple of days ago, but I did notice this issue in the past, and it seemed to be fixed by a Dropbox update some years ago. I am seeing that this same bug was reported around 2021, 4 years ago. Apparently, the same issue is back now. For now, my workaround is Right Click > Open Folder in New Tab, or adding a folder to Quick Access. Either of these options nulls the bug, so I've narrowed it down to only happening when you open a folder by double clicking, right-clicking open, or hitting Enter to open. System info: Windows 11 Version 24H2 OS Build 26100.4652 HP Omen 30L Intel Core i9-10850k CPU - 32 GB RAM Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 - 24GB VRAMSolved2.4KViews5likes47Comments