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I'm getting a "Permission denied" error on Windows 10 and my files won't sync.
edit: look my last post for solution. -------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm running Windows 10 Pro Insider Preview Build 10565 and Dropbox v3.10.11. I have some files that are not getting synced, like 20 out of 32.000 files I have on my Dropbox folder. The error is permission denied. The…
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Can I change the color scheme / switch to dark mode?
Can the color scheme be changed? I find it hard to see light blue on white.
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My Dropbox account says I have low disk space and won't sync, but I have still 25 GB free space
I've just redid my whole system and reinstall dropbox as well. I've also updated to win 10. Any idea anybody?
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Can I delete the cache folder to free up space on my computer?
On a Mac regardless of the OS, there is 3 folders, ie. Hidden, Prefetch_Cache, Temp_Hidden, and these folders appear automatically regardless if the user has a Personal or Business account. 1. Can a user delete these folders, again, regardless of the account type, without deleting any files/folders on the Dropbox servers?…
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Can I map my Dropbox folder as a network drive and not store files locally?
Hi I would like to save my visual studio projects on dropbox but not on my local computer. I would like to map it as a network drive. I don't believe selective sync is going to work for this. So I want to create a new project in visual studio and point it to my projects folder on dropbox. So as I work in visual studio the…
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How do I turn off selective sync on my account?
I have one computer that I sync my dropbox folder (with lots of sub-folders) to dropbox.com For some unknown reason selective sync was turned on but two folders where not checked. How do I tell dropbox to forget about selective sync and just do what it was originally setup to do; sync all data within my dropbox folder?
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What are the specific ports used for the Dropbox syncing process?
I'm looking to segregate the traffic on our network by finding the ports used by Dropbox. Does anyone know what they are?
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How can I log out of the desktop app on my Mac device?
I have a question! So I got dropbox on my computer, after it asked me to login. Now the dropbox shows on my mac, when I open finder on the left side there is a folder that says dropbox and when I click on it shows all my dropbox documents. How do I logout? I like the idea of the dropbox folder there but I and not sure how…
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How can I remove the word "(Personal)" from the name of my Dropbox folder?
I recently added a Dropbox Business account to my Mac and so Dropbox prompted me to add "(Personal)" in the name to signify which account it was. However, after disconnected the Dropbox Business account, my personal Dropbox folder is still named "Dropbox (Personal)". When I try to rename the folder to just "Dropbox," the…
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How can I delete my Dropbox folder on one device, without affecting the files on the other?
n another computer? I have two computers with that share the same dropbox file. I am getting rid of the older computer and want to delete dropbox and the files in it. However, I still want the files in the dropbox folder on newer computer. How can I do this without deleting all dropbox files on newer computer?
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Can I use a different hotkey for taking a screenshot that will be uploaded to Dropbox?
Until recently I was able to decide I want to upload my screenshot or not simply by pressing CTRL while pressing PRINT on my keyboard or not. I think it was the last update, now, when I press only PRINT it uploads my screenshot, too. I don't want that. Can I change it back?
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How can I remove the Dropbox shell extension?
How do I remove the DB shell extension? I can't find any such setting to do so.
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Can Dropbox support roaming profiles?
Everytime I post a request for Dropbox to start supporting Roaming Profiles on Windows 7/8 the message seems to get removed by a moderator. But when I search, there are alot of users asking for this. I would urge Dropbox to consider supporting roaming profiles as other solutions already are. And it is only a matter of time…
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Allow Dropbox to run regardless if a user is logged in.
Ok I am a newbie here with DropBox I did not set up DropBox with this company someone else did. Company has a DropBox account, files are synced to the file server in the office. End Users have a drive mapping on their desktops/laptops. The issue is that the end users who have laptops are out in the field and need to have…
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Intolerable slow speed moving files
https://www.dropboxforum.com/hc/en-us/community/posts/202007985-CPU-usage-making-version-3-intolerable?input_string=Intolerable Basically have the same issue. Very frustrated. I tried to move/delete a single picture from camera upload folder to another folder to organize my pictures, but every time I have to wait about 10…
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How can I remove the Dropbox app only from one Windows user and free up disc space?
I have two different Windows “accounts” that I can log onto my computer under. (Only one is supposed to have all my data folders, etc..) Don’t ask me why or how, but when I was setting up Dropbox I had some trouble and ended up setting it up under both accounts. I just figured out that when I’m logged onto my…
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I'm trying to upload very large files (300 GB) via the desktop app but don't have enough space
uploading very large files I have tried to upload a 300GB file to dropbox (I have 1TB capacity) using the Mac desktop application and I am being informed that there isn't enough free space. I bought this extra memory as dropbox write:"Files uploaded to Dropbox via the desktop application or mobile apps have no file size…
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How can I make sure the little green check marks are showing on my files?
Running Dropbox 3.0.3 on Mac Yosemite. How can I turn on the little green checkmarks that show all my files are up to date? (The dropbox icon in my tray tells me "Up to date" but I want my desktop folder to confirm it for each of the subfolders) Thanks for any leads on this.