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How to permanently stop the auto-backup of USB connected temp drives (W7)
How can I permanently configure DropBox to NOT try and backup every single USB drive I connect to the computer and thus depositing its little .dropbox.device file into the root folder without permiss...
What a rude thing to do. Pisses me off it started by itself and won't quit. Had to use task manager to kill all dropbox entities. Now how do I get all that useless backup data out of my account since I don't have space for it.
You can't is the short answer. Dropbox is much the same as Microsoft, Google, Apple etc. these days in that your computer or 'device' is not yours to use as you wish. You are just renting it temporarily for as long as the 'service providers' like Dropbox deign to let you use it, until such time as they decide you need to pay more money and then they cut you off.
You will use Dropbox only as Dropbox want you to use it and in no other way that is not to Dropbox's advantage, and if you don't like that, well, the door's over there.
This is why I'm still using Windows 7, the last paid for version of Windows that you can still configure to be your own and use as you want it to be used, rather than gifting all your personal data freely to Microsoft via Windows 10/11's forced telemetry.
