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gordon451
7 months agoHelpful | Level 6
How to delete old Dropbox Update Logs
Every so often Dropbox updates itself, which is good, mostly. It also makes a log of its updates, which is good, mostly.
Unfortunately, I now have 1,994 old update logs on my C: drive, dating ...
- 7 months ago
gordon451 wrote:
...listed as the owner for the Program Data > Dropbox > Update > Log folder chain. However, i am NOT the owner of any of the current log files.
Change the owner of one of the folders above the logs to yourself (effectively not changing it at all) and set the option to replace the owner on all objects below.
gordon451
Helpful | Level 6
Hi Walter - After some digging, yes I did install directly from my LUA, and my LUA user is listed as the owner for the Program Data > Dropbox > Update > Log folder chain. However, i am NOT the owner of any of the current log files.
While I am the owner of the folder chain, for some reason all I have for permissions is something in "Special Permissions".
Rich
7 months agoSuper User II
gordon451 wrote:
...listed as the owner for the Program Data > Dropbox > Update > Log folder chain. However, i am NOT the owner of any of the current log files.
Change the owner of one of the folders above the logs to yourself (effectively not changing it at all) and set the option to replace the owner on all objects below.
- gordon4517 months agoHelpful | Level 6
Rich wrote:
Change the owner of one of the folders above the logs to yourself (effectively not changing it at all) and set the option to replace the owner on all objects below.Thanks cobber. I decided to make it my administrative self so threat actors would have to negotiated elevated privileges, just to make their lives difficult.
The change was now easier than I thought it would be, and now all that remains is the 2024 YtD logs. Beautiful.
I'll mark your post as the accepted solution.
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