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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...
Stop creating a file ( dropbox device) on every device I connect to my pc! , have an option in the settings to disable this feature.
Walter
Dropbox Staff
Dropbox StaffHi all - thanks for ongoing patience and feedback on this.
Could you please let us know if you notice this behavior after installing our latest, stable version of the desktop app found on this page?
Thanks so much!
Oh yeah!!! It's done!
I'm checked - the file is really not created on removable devices.
Thank you for listening us and fix the incorrect behavior of the program.
It doesn't happen to me anymore. As far as I briefly seen, on version 146.4.4836 this issue seems fixed. I shall need more time to see how this behaves but I shall also thank you in advance for tending to this issue ❤️ If our voice from here really reached the developers, I also congratulate you and the moderator team. Megan Walter
- Mark
Super User II
Its just been announced (yay!) that this is now resolved on this build (146.4.4836).
See clientreleases change logs do help 😉
I have yet to download/install that version, but, based on the responses above, it looks like Dropbox listened to and provided a fix. Thanks Dropbox devs 🙂 and thanks to all the users who take the time to list issues with the Dropbox product here👍
- Megan
Hey immerge consul jinks tribade, thanks for posting here!
In regards to your external drive, would you be able to elaborate a bit more, as to what you're experiencing please?
Do you wish to be able to plug-in your external drive, without them being affected, or shown in Dropbox?
Let me know more, and we'll take it from there!
Could we please use separate threads for two disconnected problems?
I definitely created a new thread twice, and seen my message from the other thread appear in this one for some reason. I guess, mindless moderation?I've just had to reinstall the Dropbox and got the popups again, and then when I declined, the files on devices got updated.
The only related option I see is off
This is right, I installed it without admin rights, and now I see that yellow bar. If I click "Reinstall" there, Dropbox refuses to reinstall without administrator privileges.
As for your my two external drives, when I connect them, Dropbox offers to back them up. I refuse, and it creates the
.dropbox.device
in their root (I've been googling for a solution and that's how I came to this thread)
