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Drop box is stuck at "Starting..." but files are being synced
The box icon on system tray stays at gray and says "Starting...". But, when files are changed on another computer, they are being synced. Should I be concerned? Is there a fix? Thanks.
Link Dropbox folder to Root folder (without \Dropbox subfolder)
Operating system Windows 10: What I want is Dropbox to sync to "X:\" But if i change the folder it always automatically extends the folder name to "X:\Dropbox". Changing all appearances of that in the registry only breaks the installation. So is that somehow possible?
How to ignore node_modules folder (symlink / alias)
Due to a bug in the dropboxforum.com site :see_no_evil:, this solution has been re-posted here: How to make Dropbox ignore node_modules folder with symbolic links (aliases) :sunglasses:
I got a message about renaming my Dropbox Folder upon re-installing. Any ideas?
I had to uninstall and reinstall dropbox on my work laptop due to some syncing issues. At the end of the reinstall process I got a message saying "There's already a folder named Dropbox(Company Name). Dropbox will rename your existing folder named Dropbox (Company Name) to finish installing" I got the option to "Choose…
What is the red cross on my files in the Dropbox folder on my desktop?
Hello ! Since a week I've got issue with sync files. I've got a red cross on some files, impossible to have them sync on my other computer. I've got enough room on Dropbox, files are very small (text). I don't understand what appened, was working since years ! Some files are working, some others not. Any cue ?
Could you clarify the difference between Online Only and Local content?
Hi, I'm sure this has been covered, but I feel I need to ask the question myself for added clarity. I was confused about the difference between online only and local only, but if one could humour me to make sure I've now understood correctly, that would be appreciated. Local: This means the files are "stored" locally on…
cannot copy files onto dropbox on my computer; need administrator privileges
I cannot copy files from my computer desktop to Dropbox; get message that administrator privileges are needed. However, I am administrator of my computer and my Dropbox. See attachment
Time Left in sync has been removed from the Dropbox desktop app
The dropbox menu bar app has stopped showing the time left in the current sync in the bottom of the window. It shows a seemingly irrelevant progress bar but even hovering over that does not tell me the time left to sync, which I have depended on to let clients know when files will be there. Hovering over only gives me the…
Photos failing to upload. Error:Dropbox doesn't have the permission to read the files
I am trying to clear some space on my phone so I have been uploading photos onto dropbox. I had no problems at first, but all of a sudden I can only upload 1 photo successfully, if I try to upload more than one it'll upload one and all the other photos will fail to upload. It says upload failed and dropbox doesn't have the…
Is it possible to use Dropbox as a network drive?
I am running an office with 8 people. We all need real time access to mainly word docs and PDFs. We have been operating as a private network of 8 desktops all linked together with one desktop being the server. Now we want to have mobile access. So the idea is to move all our files to a cloud like drop box and then use drop…
Desktop app is stuck 'Starting' when it loads up and doesn't sync on my Mac.
I am a paying customer and very frustrated with Dropbox. I am ready to drop DropBox and look for other alternatives. Since Friday of last week it has been trying to sync 100Gb in files and it is taking an eternity. Now is stuck in "Starting." I have rebooted the Mac (10.6.8). I am using Dropbox 3.0.3. I have tried going to…
There’s no option to attach a Dropbox file on iPhone X
I recently got the iPhone X and cannot attach dropbox files in the Gmail app. Please help 😞
multiple empty 'view-only conflicts' folders are created
Shared folder stopped syncing at some point and multiple empty 'view-only conflicts' folders keep created ... After deleting one of them, new empty folder with the same name created automatically.. <shared folder name>(view-only conflicts 2019-12-22 1) Is it any way to get rid of these forlders and resume normal sync? I…
Is there no way to unzip a folder within Dropbox?
Is there seriously no way to unzip a folder within Dropbox?? Currently this process has me 1.Upload Zipfolder to Dropbox 2. When ready to work with items within that folder, Download the Zip Folder to PC. 3. Extract needed file type 4. Re-upload that file type back to DB Anyone know of any easier process? or Icloud storage…
Syncing issue on macOS 10.15 Catalina
I have a trouble of dropbox syncing on macOS 10.15 Catalina.When I restart my macbook pro, dropbox starts syncing all the time and it shows all my files in dropbox is syncing.The syncing may take a long long time，and when I restart my MBP，it starts over again and again and again.This problem starts with the beta version…
Can I see which files are causing sync errors via my Dropbox desktop app?
Is there a way to show all Sync errors in Dropbox? I was browsing through my files and saw a file with a red cross on it, and after inspection it seemed it wasn't syncing because of an emoji in the filename. This got me thinking - how many other files do I have that currently aren't synced because of this reason? Dropbox…
Folder has too many files to download
I have a large folder called Pictures, within which are many subfolders (532 if Windows Files Explorer is to be believed), the whole containing 17,732 files (all pictures), adding up to 46.5 GB - quite a small proportion of my 2TB allowance on Dropbox. This all syncs to my PC. I use my iPad to access these pictures from…
I can't link my Yahoo mail to Dropbox
I Can not link my Yahoo mail to dropbox . Yahoo have removed the upside down v (next to the Attachment icon) that gave the option to Share from Dropbox . Does Dropbox now not support Yahoo mail or am I doing something wrong. Thank you for any help.
Dropbox keeps (re)indexing and syncing after activating online-only files
I've recently activated the smart sync functionality for my teams account. When I did, Dropbox started indexing and syncing a huge number of files which made sense to me because it needed to download all shortcuts to online files (the ones y had previously saved online only using selective sync). However, after finishing…
Upload through browser extremely slow since today
In the past month I have uploaded over 900 GB through browser with roughly 20-30 mbits per second. Today the speed crashed down below 200 kb/s which is completely unusable. I have a 100mb/s line and the upload to other sites is working fine at full speed so it's clearly a Dropbox issue.
Dropbox sync directory with 2x NAS
Hello, I've found synology and qnap to have rather robust syncing capabilities. I'm curious as to whether anyone has synced the same directory with two different NAS. We're talking about a few million files, but not many modified or created per day. In my testing it has worked well, but in production it could be another…
Dropbox indicates 'downloading xx files' _forever_
Dear community, I have a perfectly correct Dropbox installation, no noteworthy issues with illegal filenames and I have performed all possible kinds of troubleshooting. Even so, every so often, mostly when migrating to a new PC, Dropbox will become stuck in an eternal 'downloading' session. What bothers me is perhaps not…
Dropbox is Changing the file name to UPPERCASE letters
Sometimes filenames in my Dropbox folder(s) are changed to UPPERCASE letters. Seemingly random, but probably isn't :) I can see from the version history that the file has been renamed (changing from lower to upper case or vice versa), but I have not done that. I don't think it is the client software either, as I experience…
Red number by my dropbox icon
Next to my drop icon in by toolbar on top of my Mac laptop is a red circle with a number one in it. What is that and how do I get rid of it? Thanks in advance.
How do I prevent automatic synchig of new folders?
Dear Community I am using what is for me a basic feature of dropbox, i.e. working on files stored on several computers, which are synched when modified. So, no problem when we have the folders A, B and C and whenever one of us is updating a file in one of these folders, they appear via synching on they other PCs, eg. X, Y,…
Moving 500GB+ files between Dropbox accounts
How do I seamlessly move 500GB+ files between 2 Dropbox accounts? FYI, I have Business account on the origin account and Enterprise on the destination account, so 500GB can fit. I tried sharing folders (have to do it one by one as if the folder has too many files or too big in size, even sharing failed), they got shared,…
How long can it take to free up space when marking files as Online Only?
how long does it take to sync files to online only vs my hard drive? Approx 247 GB
Determine if file has finished synchronising
I have a simple problem: I store some data in DropBox which is shared between multiple people Several times people have started editing the data bnefore it has finished synchronising What I want is a simple routine which I can add to my application which determines whether a named file is synchronised, i.e. it is the same…
Placing EXE files in a shared Dropbox folder.
Hello all, I made a small .NET Core app that publishes as an .exe with surrounding files. Its a small client manager that gets database information from a SQLite database (which is already saved in Dropbox) in the project folder. Now, I've been wanting to distribute by app to the rest of my workplace, but I've run into a…

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