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fenchai
Explorer | Level 4
5 years ago
Solved

Dropbox on my computer does not sync, only syncs if I restart the app.

I don't understand what is going on.

 

This started happening yesterday and today, any change I make from my PC dropbox does not get synced to my dropbox, sometimes files take like 10 minutes in order to sync.

 

I have tried many solutions:

 

  • Restarted Computer
  • Restarted Dropbox (this will restart sync BUT after it stops syncing, have to restart again if I want to sync)
  • Verified Interned worked properly as all my other syncing services are active and working
  • Disabled Antivirus
  • I have no cleaning app system etc, windows 10 is freshly cleaned.
  • Reinstalled Dropbox.
  • Clock is synced and not delayed (I know some syncing services have problems when clock is not synced)

I am literally planning to make a script to restart dropbox every 1 min as I don't see any solution on google.

 

please help me :(

  • Emma's avatar
    Emma
    5 years ago

    Thank you all for reporting this, it is related to a known issue a number of users experienced last week. The team have now resolved this and it should be working again.

    Please let us know if we can help with anything else or you're still having trouble!

     

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