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DARIEN's avatar
DARIEN
Explorer | Level 3
6 months ago

Large number of files (>300,000) “syncing” at boot up on PC, but no record of any files synced.

This week, when I boot my PC, the sync manager indicates over 300,000 files are being synced. When the process ends an hour or two later, there is no record of which files have been synced.   Thi...
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Walter
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Hey DARIEN, could you send us a screenshot of the app's current status as shown in your taskbar?

 

Also, approximately how many files you're syncing in your Dropbox folder locally on your computer? 

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DARIEN
Explorer | Level 3
6 months ago

let's focus on one issue at a time. Dropbox claims it is syncing 300,000+ files every time I boot up my PC. If I log off and shut down during the day and there is no activity on my account between the shut down and reboot, when I open it will tell me it is syncing 300,000+ files.

 

So focus on this: Where is the log of those files synced? I'm looking in sync history and there are about 15 files in sync history yesterday. So why is dropbox syncing 300,000+ files and not putting those files in sync history?

 

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