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Berryth
3 years agoExplorer | Level 4
What does this yellow square mean
What does the yellow square mean?
Can't find it anywhere
Dallexx
New member | Level 2
I have exactly the same question. The ikon only appears in the Dropbox and it disappear when I open the file!
Jay
10 months agoDropbox Staff
Hi Dallexx, do you have OneDrive installed on your machine? If you quit that app temporarily, do those yellow icons go away, or change to another icon?
- Jhousefavitguy5 months agoExplorer | Level 4
I know this is an old thread and there is a lot of information about this out there but here is what I know. It maybe a "OneDrive" icon but it is only connected to Dropbox. I have Dropbox setup along with OneDrive. Dropbox is located in the root of my C drive so OneDrive is NOT syncing that path. OneDrive only syncs Docs, Desktop,Photos. When I click on a file with this icon I can actively see Dropbox syncing when the file opens. From my experience, if you can not open the file with this icon, make sure Dropbox is started and or log out and back in to the Dropbox app. This has fixed this issue with several of my users.
- Rich5 months agoSuper User II
Jhousefavitguy wrote:
It maybe a "OneDrive" icon but it is only connected to Dropbox.
That icon has nothing to do with Dropbox. It is entirely a OneDrive or Windows 11 icon.
- Jhousefavitguy5 months agoExplorer | Level 4
So why does Dropbox start to sync when I click on a file that has that icon but files without that icon don't cause that? I just had a user this morning that could not open a file in their Dropbox synced files with this icon. Closed Dropbox and reopened and was able to access. That file does not sync to OneDrive either. I understand it is not a Dropbox icon by why is it there if those files are not connected to OneDrive and the fix is closing/opening Dropbox?
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