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Where is the gear icon on my Dropbox desktop app?
Anyone know where to find the gear icon on Dropbox?
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How to hide my dropbox cache from view?
Hi, I'm trying to neaten up my Dropbox files, but over the last few weeks I'm suddenly able to see .dropbox.cache in the main dropdown and also a file called 'desktop' in each folder. It's not the end of the world but it bugs me when I'm trying to streamline my filing system. If I try to delete the desktop file it just…
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Open files from Dropbox online in Office desktop app
Hi Team, Can I open dropbox file in office desktop app from online word page. It is working in sharepoint. Please check below screen of sharpoint. Please adivse.
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Dropbox is stuck syncing after an update, what can I do?
I have the "Dropbox Plus" subscription and I run the client on 4 computers. Yesterday (Monday, 13-Jan-2020) I signed onto my desktop (which is always on) and has a full local sync of my dropbox that a number of new files added Saturday had ****** red Xs on them -- JPEGs I had scanned Saturday and which were in sync to my…
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upload a file to dropbox via the Chrome browser
When I try to upload a file to dropbox via the Chrome browser, it gives an error 'Could not download file ***: Internet connection is lost', although the Internet is available.
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Missing files after folder renaming.
Working on a brief that is due tomorrow. Time is of the essence. I changed the names of many files & folders containing court forms. Very tedious but had to be done. When I finished & now ready to work on those forms: THEY'RE ALL GONE! What? 1000s of court forms--simply disappeared. I finally stumbled online & figured out…
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Lan sync is slower than normal sync?
We have a small office where all the computers are connected with ethernet cables to a gigabit local area network. Our Internet connection is also a really fast optical 1000/100 M. All the computers are high end MacBook Pro's and few PC's running the latest software. We are still experiencing really slow syncing on dropbox…
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Dropbox says there's not enough free space on Ubuntu but the cache folder keeps filling it up
My dropbox folder is located in a 1TB HDD. My dropbox folder is aprox 487ΜΒ and nothing else is located in this HDD. The chase foldes is 442GB and i am getting a red Dropbox icon with "can't sync not enough free space) When i delete the chase, the next day is full again. Everything was ok for the last 2 years until few…
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Moving one folder to another folder....all within Dropbox
This should be a no-brainer. But all the directions within Dropbox don't seem to work. I'm just trying to move a folder I already have in Dropbox to another folder that i have in Dropbox. Geeeez if i can figure it out! Thank you for anyone helping!
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Does Dropbox Run Powershell Commands?
Hello, our endpoint software picked up dropbox running this command - C:\WINDOWS\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell "Get-AppxPackage C27EB4BA.DropboxOEM | Remove-AppxPackage" I saw the exact command in another forum and the user said that Dropbox uses it for updates. Can anyone confirm this? Is there somewhere…
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Sharing a local Dropbox folder over NFS
I understand why I cannot make my Dropbox folder on an NFS-mounted filesystem, as per https://help.dropbox.com/installs-integrations/desktop/move-dropbox-folder As far as I understand, this only applies if I try to set the Dropbox folder on a share that is already mounted. I can't see any reason why I shouldn't use Dropbox…
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It seems I can't disable "Dropbox on Startup" entirely. Why?
When starting up my computer and logging in to the user account, I do NOT want Dropbox to be starting, at all. The files Dropbox needs are not even accessible unless I as the user take a particular step to unlock them. If I want to, I can unlock the files and THEN manually start Dropbox. I understand that no syncing will…
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How can I switch off the checkmark icon?
HOW DO YOU TURN OFF THE ICON CHECKMARK
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The download of a large zip file through a web browser fails. Can you help?
I downgraded my account to free status but I have one large file remaining. Trying to dowonload it so I can delete it to free up space but keep getting a "zip download fail" message. Any ideas?
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My dropbox folder got renamed using the name of someone that sent me some files
Sorry if this isn't the correct board. I couldn't find an Issues category. A friend sent me some files, and somehow in the process of retrieving those files my entire dropbox space (namespace? folder hierarchy) got renamed. It's now <His name> Dropbox both on my local drives and, I think, online. It looks like he has…
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Format computer ****** drive without having to re-sync my whole Dropbox
I would like to format my machine but do not want to delete file on my drop box I would also like to be able to back my files up locally so that I do not have to dowload them all again once i have formatted the computer
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Change Dropbox folder location
Hi, I am using Dropbox Plus on a Win7-PC. Since my C:/-drive ran out of space, I wanted to change the Dropbox location to F:/. This worked, but Dropbox created a subfolder also named Dropbox. I am not English mothertongue, so pls. bear with me when explainig a litte complicated. My local folder now looks like this:…
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Upload stuck when uploading larger files through the website.
Hello! When trying to upload files the upload gets stuck at 20 or 30%. This only happens when uploading large files (files are smaller than storage space). Can anyone help please? Thanks!
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Two separate personal accounts on the same computer?
My husband and I have two Dropbox personal accounts. They are under two different email addresses. One is basically shared between the two of us, the other is mine with my own files on it. In the past, I have had the "shared" account on our iMac desktop, it shows up on the top bar with the Dropbox icon as well as in the…
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How can I revert accidential folder move without affecting file sync?
Some of my teammates accidentially move a huge folder into another directory. It's easy to revert locally with Ctrl+Z but I'm afraid if it affects to file sync. What is the correct way to recover this kind of mistake? I suppose that every operation will be queued and executed in certain timing so in a case of the mistake I…
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Should videos be buffering on the Dropbox site?
Hello, I downloaded a 2 hour and 16 minute movie and was able to show it fine to my parents on an Ipad. But then when I tried to show it on a laptop to my sister in another home, it would only show about half of it before it began to buffer. Any idea why it buffers like that and what do I need to do to be able to share it…
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Dropbox on Linux (Ubuntu) moving directory: no icon
On Ubuntu 18.04. Dropbox has been purged and *re-installed* because I want to put the Dropbox folder to an external drive. ( I have read the documentation and I understand the issues. I will work with those.) The instructions on this site say that to change the target directory, I must click on the dropbox icon and follow…
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unable to compile tex files on dropbox
Hey, I have a question concerning tex files on Dropbox. Just recently I started facing an issue in my dropbox tex files while compiling them, I get the error: Could not start the command: pdflatex.exe -synctex=1 -interaction=nonstopmode "main".tex while the same file is being normally compiled outside the dropbox. Any one…
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Dropbox stuck syncing for days
We work on a business version of dropbox and some of the members of the team are experiencing sync problems having many files uploading for days making information not available on cloud. We have decent internet connection (100 MB/s) and can't identify the reason why this happens. Any help will be welcome. Thanks
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Windows File Explorer Dropbox Folder failing to open some files
Hi My employer uses dropbox as a shared drive, and has done so successfully for several years. However I've just started, and have run into an issue where many files are not openable via the windows file explorer folder. I work with primarily excel .xlsx files, however i have noticed this with .pdf files too. It also seems…
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Customize your Dropbox desktop app
The Dropbox desktop app gives one-click access to all the files your team stores in Dropbox. Want to customize the desktop app to optimize your workflow? Check out this video below. You can read more about how to change your desktop app preferences here.
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Dropbox sync stuck on main computer
I have my main computer running windows10 hosting a lot of files (let's call him gustavo), in the beginning it costed me 3 days to make the full index but I need al these files on this pc (615029 files) The syncing finished after 3 days and since then everything was ok... Untill I booted some other computer containing new…
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The desktop app doesn't open, only my Dropbox folder does.
I need to get the actual app to open so I can change the settings (because even though I select "never for this device" for downloading photos, I get the ****** Download Photos window Every Friggin TIME I connect my phone to my computer). The problem is that when I 'open' the Dropbox app on my computer all it does is take…