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Why not feature request a change then? https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Share-an-idea/ct-p/101002000 :)

Hannah - for the website there is no way to stop uploads. The website is designed as a stopgap for when you are not at your computer with dropbox installed. kdwpilgrim - dont use the website then, use the desktop software as suggested. All you then do is move the files out of the Dropbox folder. www.dropbox.com/downloading

Follow www.dropbox.com/help/296 and www.dropbox.com/events

Could you try and advanced reinstall using https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Desktop-client-builds/Stable-Build-38-4-27/m-p/250586/highlight/false#M4411 ?

@"Wayne S.22" Nothing has changed I'm sure bar the version number hence the lack of release notes. 

@"clientreleases" wrote: The desktop client is regularly updated with many improvements and fixes. Like? I cant think of any improvments (visible ones at least) in the past 25 or so releases. 

Which version of Dropbox?

For that price you havent just accidentally taken a yearly subscription, you've taken out a business one on a yearly plan. You need to contact support at www.dropbox.com/support which you can then track at http://dropbox.zendesk.com to get it resolved, if it is possible to.

Anything you send on the internet can be downloaded on to another persons machine - regardless of what sort of protection sites claim to do. If its really that critical it isnt downloaded then dont send it via the web.

Personally all I'm going to say is 'Dropbox does not support symlinks' and thats for a very good reason - the risk of data loss. Because of that I havent used them I'm afraid. I dont think what you want to do will work if its a share, but, may do if nothing is shared. As I said you should put the files inside Dropbox and…

Simply close Dropbox, or, move the files out of the Dropbox folder on your computer.

We need more info.... on what device?

No it wouldnt work any different, And no Dropbox doesnt use its own symlinks for most people - the issue is as you said - it cannot sync whats on them and when it does it does so sporadically and not in real time as it should.

The issue will be that the symlinks are set up to work on YOUR machine (i.e. 'Users\Ray'). That means that on every body elses machines it will be looking for the same folder which obviously wont work as that doesnt exist. I'm afraid there is no work around other than moving the files in to Dropbox and symlinking the…

There is no way to do this natively via Dropbox. You'll need to either get a third party app/extension to do it or download the files to your computer and use the standard slideshow settings within them.

My gut instinct is that it WILL use quota up as the only thing that doesnt is deleted files. Technically these files are not deleted so I imagine they'll use up quota. I'm going to add to the question list though ;o) by asking how long do they stay archived? If undeleted I imagine indefinitely. It may be worth checking…

Personally Anthony I find it so so so much easier to just pretend the Photos Timeline doesnt exist - as that is about as useful as it is! Once you remember that the Timeline is just a screengrab of all your images and not much else its easier to process.

I'm not sure what the issue is (you really need to let people know), however, the last line of that coding does give you a clue in that the API being used is the old v1 system which has been depreciated.

This thread is YEARS out of date Andrey - Dropbox themselves have been doing it now for awhile. Its called 'Smart Sync' which you can read about https://help.dropbox.com/desktop-web/smart-sync [This thread is now closed by moderators due to inactivity. If you're experiencing a similar behavior, feel free to start a new…

As previously posted requests for changes need to go in to the Feature Requests area - https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Dropbox/Bring-back-the-green-synced-checkmark-in-the-system-tray-Dropbox/idi-p/246363 Im closing this thread so that no further posts can be made and they are added to the correct area (where they are then…

Have you tried installing the most recent versions of Dropbox to see if that helps? www.dropbox.com/downloading

Please see https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Dropbox/Bring-back-the-green-synced-checkmark-in-the-system-tray-Dropbox/idi-p/246363

It should in theory work for a database as well - as long as everything has uploaded and downloaded to another machine before being used, however, the difference between Office files and databases is its a lot LOT harder to fix if a database becomes corrupted compared to a Office file!

You've missed a step between 5 and 6. Before it sync's it index's the files (THIS is what takes the time usually). At this point, no, it will know that there is a difference in the data between what is on your machine and what is in the cloud. It will then download the 'newest' versions of the updated files as needed.…

It isnt forgetting the stored credentials it is changing the files that have been changed - i.e. the locally created/modified data has changed, or, in the case of something like Excel where the last highlighted cell was. The backup process also does not store the database correctly usually (for safety so that it couldnt be…

You cant create a log file I'm afraid Helen - no such feature exists.

Thats why so many people have stopped doing the betas - as nothing is changing.

Lots of threads with official replies around if you read them, but, basically they lose money on them as too many people downgrade from the higher paying tariffs.

Please remember that you are using Dropbox on an unsupported Operating System so if it isnt working 'off shelf' its unlikely it will work. You can of course try logging a ticket as Jane said, but, as its unsupported I'm not sure what they will be able to do.

@"Jim5" Unfortunately there is no solution to that as there is no need for selective sync on a mobile device, and, unfortuanetly Dropbox simply is not intended to be used in the way you are using it - it is intended that it is used 1 person / 1 account.