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Dropbox constantly adding and deleting temp files
My dropbox is constantly adding, deleting, re-adding, re-deleting (etc) a file called _fIlE_!.tmp. It is also doing all sorts of other strange actions every few seconds, like "You renamed the file me...
- My money is on the WD software. Dropbox, like most other tools like this, doesnt play well when other applications are trying to lock files etc. its using.
The way I can think of seeing where these files are is to go to your Dropbox folder on your machine, click on them and look to see where shows a syncing file (i.e. blue spinning icon) and navigate through to see if that gives you clues.
Or, temporarily remove the WD Backup.
Mark
Super User II
Super User IIHi Adsummers
Dropbox is simply replicating whatever is happening within the Dropbox folder, so, something on your computer is creating those files.
Are you doing any coding by any chance? Or do you have your browsers cache etc. inside of the Dropbox folder to sync?
Dropbox is simply replicating whatever is happening within the Dropbox folder, so, something on your computer is creating those files.
Are you doing any coding by any chance? Or do you have your browsers cache etc. inside of the Dropbox folder to sync?
Thanks this is very helpful.
I'm not doing any coding, and I don't think I would have anything like my browser cache in the Dropbox folder. I only have a small number of specific folders in the Dropbox folder.
I do also use Dropbox with WD Backup, so maybe it is this backup that is creating/deleting temporary files?
How do I find out exactly where the recently added/deleted files are located? When I click through to the Events page on dropbox, it only gives the name of the file, not the full file location. And clicking on the file just downloads it, but doesn't show the location.
Thanks again,
Andy
- MarkMy money is on the WD software. Dropbox, like most other tools like this, doesnt play well when other applications are trying to lock files etc. its using.
The way I can think of seeing where these files are is to go to your Dropbox folder on your machine, click on them and look to see where shows a syncing file (i.e. blue spinning icon) and navigate through to see if that gives you clues.
Or, temporarily remove the WD Backup.hi,
Every time I download a file from my Gmail in chrome browser, I get this Alert message: " Remove *.temp file from your Dropbox account and all devices?
My default is placing the file in downloads of my computer. If I choose the option he asks me before downloading the file, I get this Alert. It seems that he automatically creates a temp file in Dropbox by default. But I do not know where to change this.
Thank you for your help.
