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Forum Discussion
Stop creating a file (.dropbox.device) on every device I connect to my pc!
Simple solution had at least an option in the settings to disable this feature.
I red a lot of messages in this community going back over a year now... and I understand why it's being created t...
I have the same question. And I think you can move forward with replying to us without asking for a screenshot. You work for Dropbox! How about asking the person next to you? Or do a Google search, or just plug an external drive to a Windows PC with the Dropbox client installed. Don't ask the end user for more information that can so easily be obtained at your own fingertips.
Jay
Dropbox Staff
Dropbox StaffHi everyone, if you're plugging in an external drive to your computer, if you choose not to back it up to Dropbox, then to prevent the app from prompting about the same drive in the future, the dropbox.device file is created there. This isn't locally stored in the Dropbox desktop application.
If you delete the file, then the app will again prompt if you want to back it up, each time it is deleted.
If you delete the file, then the app will again prompt if you want to back it up, each time it is deleted.
Hi.
I am not making backup of any disc. And I don't plans to create them. Why do I need have these settings (files) on all connected drives?
It is necessary to stop their creation. The program interferes into user's individual space and litters there.
Also, when I connect a USB flash drive from the camera, the file is created there, and Adobe Lightroom Import reports an error: The files are not photos or videos. And this is also a problem just, because the Dropbox decided to remember something on this device. This doesn't apply to Dropbox and Dropbox shouldn't monitor my external drives.
Please add a settings to stop this. Your support board already has several threads about it and peoples are outraged by the creation of files.
What if I insert another user's external drive into my computer, who uses Dropbox and has different settings? For example, he makes backups. My Dropbox wiil be use settings of another user's from a file on disk?
And the file that will write my Dropbox to external drive of another's user will force its dropbox to follow my settings? This is very, very strange!
Sometimes I need my external drives to stay intact, especially considering files in fs root.
