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gjwolfswinkel
11 months agoExplorer | Level 4
App always updating thousands of files
Since a few weeks, my Dropbox app is always updating thousands of files, whenever my computer is started, taken out of sleep or hibernation. I think it started after I used Dropbox to briefly store a...
- 11 months ago
Hi gjwolfswinkel, thanks for the screenshots!
It seems you're using the beta version of our app. To eliminate the possibility of this causing the syncing issue, can you try going into your account settings on the Dropbox website, and turning Early releases off?
After that, install one of the stable builds of the Dropbox application.
Walter
11 months agoDropbox Staff
Hi there gjwolfswinkel - sorry to hear about this and thanks for letting us know the troubleshooting steps you've attempted so far.
Could you send us a screenshot of the app's exact status as shown in your taskbar so that we can have a visual too?
Thanks!
- gjwolfswinkel11 months agoExplorer | Level 4
Sure, here you go Walter. Hope this helps!
- Megan11 months agoDropbox Staff
Hi gjwolfswinkel, thanks for the screenshots!
It seems you're using the beta version of our app. To eliminate the possibility of this causing the syncing issue, can you try going into your account settings on the Dropbox website, and turning Early releases off?
After that, install one of the stable builds of the Dropbox application.
- gjwolfswinkel11 months agoExplorer | Level 4
Hi Megan,
As an IT guy I'm always trying new stuff, I wasn't even aware anymore I had this set in my account. I have now disabled that setting and reinstalled. First result looks promising, no indexing and updating thousands of files after the first reboot. I'll keep an eye on it for a few days and will post results in this thread in a few days. Thanks so far!
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